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Sep 20 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Republicans are promising to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul if they win control of Congress. But with what?

Sep 17 2010

Fierce Finance

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments
InstaMed, the industry leading Healthcare Payments Network, today announced that it has raised $6 million in growth capital.
Sep 17 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Federal health experts rejected a highly anticipated weight loss pill Thursday that was thought to offer a safer way to shed pounds than older medications linked to dangerous side effects

Sep 17 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Generic medications saved the government and Medicare prescription drug plan beneficiaries about $33 billion in 2007, according to a Congressional Budget Office report

Sep 17 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A health insurance premium tax credit that is part of the ACA could assist more than 28.6 million Americans in purchasing  healthcare coverage—the value of the tax credits is expected to be about $110.1 billion during the first year.

Sep 17 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Defending the legality of the national health-care overhaul against an onslaught of angry naysayers.

Sep 17 2010

nextgov.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Rural hospitals struggling to install electronic health records received a shot in the arm this month — an infusion of $19.8 million in federal funding from the Health and Human Services Department.

Sep 17 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Census Department headline finding is that the proportion of people without health insurance in the U.S. rose to 16.7% last year from 15.4% in 2008.

Sep 17 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Earlier this week WSJ profiled several new venture capital firms that have popped up since the start of 2009 in the face of a shrinking industry – here are six more new firms looking to make a mark

Sep 17 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

While improving care delivered by primary care clinicians holds promise for a patient’s wellbeing, the “value of primary care can be eroded by episodic delivery that is uncoordinated with specialists and hospitals,” the study says

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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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