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Nov 29 2010

New York Times

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Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans get serious

Nov 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Spurred by incentives in the federal health-overhaul law, hospitals and doctors around the country are beginning to create new entities that aim to provide more efficient health care.

Nov 29 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Replace The Tattered Medicaid Long-Term Care Safety Net

Nov 26 2010

PBS Frontline

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PBS Frontline has kicked off a series called “Facing Death,” which explores the way Americans die, issues around extending life or prolonging death, uncertainty, talking about the end of life and modern medicine’s trade off

Nov 26 2010

npr.org

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Obama, Insurers Spar Over Rising Health Insurance Costs

Nov 26 2010

nextgov.com

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A new online portal where patients at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics can see their electronic medical records is proving popular, reducing calls to doctors’ offices and streamlining responses to patients’ question

Nov 26 2010

Washington Post

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Doctors across the country are being forced to shift away from Medicare toward higher-paying, privately insured or self-paying patients in response to years of penny-pinching by Congress.

Nov 26 2010

medpage

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Half of all cases of invasive colorectal cancer diagnosed in the U.S. among people older than 50 continue to be diagnosed at a late stage — when treatment is more difficult and less likely to be successful

Nov 26 2010

New York Times

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Efforts to make hospitals safer for patients are falling short, researchers report in the first large study in a decade to analyze harm from medical care and to track it over time.

Nov 26 2010

Bloomberg

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Almost one in five hospital patients was injured by their care, according to a study of 10 U.S. hospitals that found little improvement from industry and government efforts to improve safety.

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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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