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Aug 13 2010

Fiscal Times

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Emergency room nurse Erin Riley suffered bruises, scratches and a chipped tooth last year from trying to pull the clamped jaws of a psychotic patient off a doctor’s hand at a suburban Cleveland hospital

Aug 13 2010

Bloomberg

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The University of California, Berkeley, won’t tell about 700 students the results of genetic tests performed on their saliva, after the state health department barred the institution from proceeding.

Aug 13 2010

phili.com

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But a local hospital group says the fastest-growing part of what hospitals call “bad debt” – basically, uncollectible bills – is money owed by patients who have insurance

Aug 13 2010

USA Today

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The new health overhaul law aims to end all annual dollar limits on health insurance policies by 2014. Federal regulators contend such limits can leave policyholders “virtually uninsured” for the rest of the year once caps are hit

Aug 13 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Compliance by health insurers with the medical loss ratio provisions in the new healthcare reform law may cost those companies more than analysts have predicted,

Aug 13 2010

Wall Street Journal

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What counts as a “federal tax” in insurer-land?  That’s the latest question facing regulators charged with turning the health-care overhaul law into actual rules.

Aug 13 2010

Washington Post

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Only in Washington could the government raid one entitlement program to finance a brand-new one and still claim that deficits have been reduced and entitlements have been reformed.

Aug 12 2010

LA Times

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Lawmakers in most states have little control over healthcare premiums

Aug 12 2010

Reuters

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There are about 2,000 mobile clinics in the United States. Advocates say the approach can help control the rising cost of health care by helping people with chronic diseases to stay out of the emergency room

Aug 12 2010

The Hill

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Health plans will lobby lawmakers and regulators over the August recess for greater flexibility to avoid some provisions of the healthcare reform law

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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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