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Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The health-care law promoted accountable-care organizations. But it’s hard to know what they are.

Mar 28 2011

Bloomberg

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Rove-Backed Lawuit Against Health-Care Law Is Groundless, Sebelius Says

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

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House Republicans are preparing to propose a major shake-up of the Medicaid health-care program for the poor, a first step in their drive to overhaul federal entitlements

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

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New approaches are being tried that can dramatically speed up the recruiting process and reach more patients from groups frequently underrepresented in studies – at the heart of these new methods is the shift to EMRs

Mar 28 2011

Washington Post

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More than 2.6 million Americans will continue to face far lower annual caps for at least another year because they are in one of 1,040 mini-med plans for which the Obama administration has granted waivers

Mar 25 2011

New York Times

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Representatives of companies providing coverage through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program need to encourage healthy lifestyles

Mar 25 2011

NPR

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Want Medicare To Pay For Home Care? See Your Doctor

Mar 25 2011

New York Times

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As New York lawmakers strive to complete the state budget, one of the most contentious battles involves whether to include a cap on medical malpractice payments

Mar 25 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Consumers are spending $363 billion — 14.7% more — on healthcare than what is conventionally cited in government accounts when unreported costs such as unpaid supervisory care from friends and relatives are factored in

Mar 25 2011

SunSentinel

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Hospital urgent care centers may charge big, like ERs

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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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