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Feb 16 2011

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

No OECD country in the next two decades can presume fiscal sustainability without a new approach to the realities of aging populations.

Feb 16 2011

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has granted permission to cut people from the state’s Medicaid rolls.

Feb 16 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Federal Budget Pleases Doctors, Not Hospitals

Feb 16 2011

Stateline.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Will health care law be a job-killer for insurance brokers?

Feb 15 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Drugmakers led by Merck & Co. and Novartis AG boosted investments in mobile phone applications and educational websites by 78 percent to get patients to take their drugs, eat right and exercise, an Ernst & Young report found.

Feb 15 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Advancing technology—the availability of faster and more reliable networks, wireless devices, high-definition digital images and video, and the ubiquity of mobile devices—is creating a foundation for a system of virtual healthcare

Feb 15 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Emergency Medical Services Corp. agreed to be acquired by private-equity investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC for $64 a share, a sharp discount from the levels at which the stock had traded recently

Feb 15 2011

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Generation Zero Group, Inc. has merged with StaffMD, Inc. – known as PhysicianWork.com, which is a leading online job-posting website for physicians.

Feb 15 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Obama Proposes Health Agency Cut but Spares Medicare Fees

Feb 15 2011

MedPageToday

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The money to pay for the two-year “fix” to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) would come from quality improvements, detecting more Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and decreased revenue for the pharmaceutical industry.

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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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