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Aug 16 2010

New York Times

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Faced with the need to review insurance rates and enforce a panoply of new rights granted to consumers, states are scrambling to make sure they have the necessary legal authority to carry out the responsibilities being placed on them by health care law.

Aug 16 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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With improved drug coverage under Medicare Part D, the use of antibiotics by beneficiaries—particularly brand name, new, and more expensive drugs—is on the upswing

Aug 16 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Add Colorado to the list of states that are saying to ObamaCare: not here, thank you.

Aug 16 2010

Washington Post

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A group of Republican senators has introduced the ominously titled Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act. It would eliminate IPAB even before the panel comes into existence in 2014.

Aug 16 2010

Fiscal Times

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Insurers can seek a waiver from the government to keep their current limited plans if they can prove that offering better benefits would cause significant premium increases or force employers to drop or severely limit coverage

Aug 16 2010

Kaiser Health News

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The House voted Tuesday to send money to the states – most of it to prevent the states from cutting off health benefits for millions. If that doesn’t strike you as strange, perhaps you weren’t paying attention to last year’s health care debate.

Aug 16 2010

New York Times

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At least a dozen major drug and device makers are under investigation in a broadening bribery inquiry into whether the companies made illegal payments to doctors and health officials in foreign countries.

Aug 16 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Pharmacy company Medco Health Solutions Inc. said it will buy closely held drug and device researcher United BioSource Corp. for about $730 million.

Aug 16 2010

New York Times

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The federal Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that the number of men and women in state and federal prisons age 55 and older grew 76 percent between 1999 and 20088

Aug 16 2010

Washington Post

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Are bigger health-care networks better or just creating a monopoly?

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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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