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Apr 18 2011

Stateline

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How would block grants change a program that currently serves more than 50 million people? Here’s a primer

Apr 18 2011

LA Times

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Do-it-yourself DNA testing: A risk or a right?

Apr 18 2011

New York Times

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The number of people treated in hospitals in the United States for problems related to medication errors has surged more than 50 percent in recent years.

Apr 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Mr. Obama proposed to strengthen Independent Payment Advisory Board, provide it with additional enforcement measures, and to give the board additional tools to improve the quality of care such as promoting value-based benefit designs.

Apr 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Compared to insured patients, the hospitalizations of uninsured patients are typically shorter and have a lower cost per stay

Apr 18 2011

Boston.com

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Concierge medicine is expanding as more doctors — and patients — tire of assembly-line primary care, opting for something more personal, and pricey.

Apr 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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One of the chief priorities of ACOs concerns limiting utilization—the same role HMOs once filled.

Apr 18 2011

Wall Street Journal

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If the British experience is any indication, generic drugs and expert commissions will do little to lower costs

Apr 15 2011

New York Times

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Medicare on the Table

Apr 15 2011

Fiscal Times

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President Obama proposed Wednesday tighter curbs on Medicare spending and a new way of sharing Medicaid and children’s health-care costs with states

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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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