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Jul 05 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration reduced the premiums by up to 40 percent in special high-risk insurance plans that the federal government is running in 17 states and the District.

Jul 05 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Obama administration officials are offering to cut tens of billions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid in negotiations to reduce the federal budget deficit

Jul 05 2011

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Patients To Get Satisfaction Survey When They Leave Hospitals

Jul 05 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The ACO and individual mandate narratives are not catching as much of my attention lately as they once did. New business alliances and mergers are much more intriguing.

Jul 05 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Over the past six months, governors and lawmakers balanced their fiscal 2012 budgets and protected their credit ratings on the backs of public employees, school districts, cities and Medicaid recipients

Jul 05 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Joint Commission Unveils Wrong Site Surgery Prevention Tool

Jul 05 2011

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Ansell Limited Acquires Sandel Medical Industries LLC, an Innovator in Surgical Safety Solutions

Jul 05 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Sexual Activity Tracked By Fitbit Shows Up In Google Search Results

Jul 05 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

An oft-cited statistic that 22 percent of state budgets is being gobbled up by Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health coverage for the poor and the disabled – let’s dig a little deeper into the numbers.

Jul 05 2011

FoxBusiness

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As healthcare costs for the poor soar across the United States, perhaps no state will feel the loss of federal stimulus money more than Florida.

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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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