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Jan 07 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Republican governors are pressing the Obama administration to make it easier for states to cut Medicaid enrollment, setting up a fight over one of states’ costliest programs.

Jan 07 2011

Washington Post

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Rescinding the federal law to overhaul the health-care system would ratchet up the federal deficit by about $230 billion over the next decade and leave 32 million more Americans uninsured

Jan 06 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Here are six initiatives that community hospitals should undertake this year

Jan 06 2011

Bloomberg

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U.S. government spending on Medicaid and Medicare rose almost six times faster than insurance company expenditures in 2009 from the prior year as the recession pushed more Americans onto public assistance.

Jan 06 2011

New York Times

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The Obama administration reignited the controversy over end-of-life planning less than two weeks ago with a reference to those sorts of talks in a set of regulations about annual physicals for Medicare patients – then it abruptly reversed course and deleted the reference.

Jan 06 2011

npr.org

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A health reform office charged with overseeing the insurance industry is about to be folded into the federal Medicare agency, signaling a major organizational shift just months after the office was created.

Jan 06 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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11 Hot Healthcare Buzzwords for 2011:  With rapid changes in healthcare comes a new vocabulary with terms and phrases every provider should know.

Jan 06 2011

Govhealthit.com

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The Health and Human Services Department plans to develop and maintain a continuous scan of current and emerging health information technology innovations

Jan 06 2011

New York Times

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Total national health spending grew by 4 percent in 2009, the slowest rate of increase in 50 years, as people lost their jobs, lost health insurance and deferred medical care

Jan 06 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Bob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist for Fundamental Equities at BlackRock, weighs in with his own 10 predictions this year

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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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