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Aug 16 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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?

Aug 16 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Nearly one in five hospitalizations in 2008 involved patients with diabetes, according to a federal report

Aug 16 2010

USA Today

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

How much more difficult will finding a primary care doctor become as a result of the recently passed health care reform legislation?

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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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