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Feb 22 2011

Washington Post

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Hospitals could see their Medicare payments reduced by up to 1 percent beginning in October 2012, 2 percent the following year and 3 percent the next.

Feb 22 2011

Kaiser Health News

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About 12 percent of the $1.85 billion in public funds spent on family planning services in 2006 came from Title X

Feb 22 2011

NPR.org

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Fat State Stretched Thin: Tenn. Covers Gastric Bypass

Feb 22 2011

New York Times

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Anyone seriously interested in reducing the costs of health care must be willing to tackle a growing and under appreciated problem: the vast number of patients with more than one chronic illness.

Feb 22 2011

Baltimore Sun

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In Baltimore County, providing interpretation services emerges as crucial need

Feb 22 2011

New York Times

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Long Term Care – Ms. Sebelius said the original version of the program, known as Community Living Assistance Services and Supports, or Class, was “totally unsustainable.”

Feb 22 2011

Wall Street Journal

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AT&T Inc. unveiled a connected drug dispenser that blinks and beeps if medication is missed. The dispenser also sends weekly consumption summaries to a smartphone application.

Feb 22 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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One day, surgeons might use gestures to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an operation.

Feb 22 2011

Washington Post

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How many bureaucrats to carry out health overhaul?

Feb 22 2011

USA Today

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Wisconsin’s Walker said Monday afternoon he wasn’t interested in compromises that have been floated by public employee unions

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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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