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Aug 20 2010

Kaiser Health News

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New Plans For Uninsured Off To Slow Start

Aug 20 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The Federal Trade Commission came down hard last week on scammers passing off medical discount plans as health insurance plans

Aug 20 2010

Fiscal Times

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Although the trustees 2010 report represents the official projection for Medicare, its actuaries simultaneously published an unusual dissent suggesting a more likely alternate scenario than the one endorsed by the trustees.

Aug 20 2010

Kaiser Health News

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By telling governors they have until Sept. 24 to ask for additional Medicaid funds, Sebelius is forcing the hands of Republicans who have been vocal about their distaste for additional deficit spending

Aug 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A survey of big employers finds they expect their health-care costs to rise nearly 9% next year and plan to share some of that burden with employees via higher premiums and higher out-of-pocket limits

Aug 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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If the U.S. is ever to improve rural America’s access to quality healthcare, the one thing it must provide—just about everyone agrees—is broadband Internet access

Aug 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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CVS Caremark’s Behavioral Change Research Partnership was launched last year to study how behavioral economics — the science behind the idea of using beneficial “nudges” to help consumers improve their decisions

Aug 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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But physicians understand that—like them or not—rating sites are here to say and that the reviews contain valuable insight that can be used to improve care

Aug 19 2010

Bloomberg

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Patients diagnosed with incurable lung cancer who were given palliative care usually reserved for people close to death had a better quality of life and lived longer than those getting standard treatment

Aug 19 2010

Los Angeles Times

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at the UC Davis Cancer Center on Tuesday to announce the launch of the country’s largest “telehealth” system

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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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