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Nov 21 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

When it comes to addressing health care, the debate in the U.S. is just a drop in the global bucket. The developing world is facing a host of health-care challenges—whose economic effects reach all the way to America’s shores.

Nov 18 2011

KaiserHealth News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Walmart Opportunity: Can Retailers Revamp Primary Care?

Nov 18 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

While there was no surprise over the Supreme Court’s decision Monday to review the 2010 health-care act’s insurance mandate, supporters of the law are reeling over the justices’ announcement that they will also consider a long-shot challenge to what many consider an even more central provision of the statute.

Nov 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Quashing Access to Data, Feds Muddle Commitment to Transparency

Nov 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance grew by 8.03% over the 12 months ending in September, while costs for Medicare healthcare services grew by only 1.97% for the same period, Standard & Poor’s Healthcare Economic Indices show.

Nov 18 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. said private-equity firm Bain Capital agreed to acquire its Physio-Control external defibrillator business in a deal valued at about $487 million.

Nov 17 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Workers’ Health Coverage Premiums Climbed 63% in Seven Years, Study Shows

Nov 17 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Tuesday morning the Optum Institute opened its doors with the mission to help kick-start what it calls sustainable health communities

Nov 17 2011

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

SXC Health Solutions to Acquire HealthTrans

Nov 17 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More and more employers are demanding that workers who smoke, are overweight or have high cholesterol shoulder a greater share of their health care costs

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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