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Sep 19 2011

Washington Post

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Medicare costs are growing slower. Both in Medicare and in private insurance, the recession has correlated with patients using fewer medical services.

Sep 19 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Enrollment will increase and premium prices will drop as health plans prepare for the upcoming open enrollment period for Medicare Advantage

Sep 19 2011

PR Newswire

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MDC Partners Launches Integrated Healthcare Marketing Platform With Acquisition of Majority Stake in Concentric Pharma Advertising

Sep 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As ‘Super Committee’ Ponders Medicare Cuts, Actuaries Weigh In

Sep 16 2011

Govhealthit.com

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EHR incentive program ramps up to 90,000 providers

Sep 16 2011

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new report adds fresh details to the conventional wisdom that a new long-term care insurance program is fiscally out of whack

Sep 16 2011

New York Times

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The National Joint Registry for England and Wales said that an all-metal artificial hip once sold by Johnson & Johnson had failed in an estimated one-third of the patients who had been followed for the longest time.

Sep 16 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Should the package set a national standard for health plans to cover a comprehensive set of benefits? Or is it more important that states have flexibility to determine what is “essential” based on their own markets.

Sep 16 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Even before MedPAC finalizes a long-term doc fix proposal, the complicated – and expensive – task is proving difficult.

Sep 16 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Three journalism organizations on Thursday protested a decision by the Obama administration to remove a database of physician discipline and malpractice actions from the Web.

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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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