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Jun 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The AMA launched a multi-million dollar print and radio campaign to persuade the Senate to permanently reverse the 21% cut in physicians’ Medicare pay before the healthcare system goes into “meltdown.”

Jun 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Kathleen Sebelius rejected criticism of the Obama administration’s nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid, saying Republicans were being unfair to Donald Berwick

Jun 04 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The down economy has forced more healthcare organizations to create customized work plans to hold on to their existing physicians.

Jun 04 2010

Bloomberg

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New Jersey and 20 other states are urging early retirements, cutting benefits and demanding employees contribute more in the face of what the Pew Center on the States says is a $1 trillion gap

Jun 04 2010

Modern Healthcare

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State financing for Medicaid declined an estimated 2.7% in fiscal 2010 as federal spending for the safety net insurer increased 17.2%

Jun 03 2010

iSOFT

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Scientists at MIT have developed a new type of glucose monitor that is potentially more accurate than the current test: a tattoo made from glucose-detecting nanoparticles injected under the skin.

Jun 03 2010

New York Times

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The debate about the Dartmouth work is important because a growing number of health policy researchers are finding that overhauling the nation’s health care system will be far harder and more painful than the Dartmouth work has long suggested.

Jun 03 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Another Medicare Payment Deadline Blown: Prepare for AMA Ads

Jun 03 2010

Washington Post

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The health-care overhaul may have slipped from the headlines but the gargantuan chore of putting the statute’s more than 2,000 pages of provisions into practice is keeping Washington’s policymakers and bureaucrats busier than ever.

Jun 03 2010

Wall Street Journal

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White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod argued earlier this year that health-care reform would become more popular after it passed, boosting Democrats in the midterm elections

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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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