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May 19 2010

Star-Telegram

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Newly licensed doctors enlisting to treat the state’s Medicaid and Medicare patients are more likely to have been trained at international medical schools, according to a review of state medical licensing data

May 19 2010

TheFiscalTimes

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Until recently, Provo seemed to be a model for the nation. But spending on Medicare patients here has accelerated rapidly, as it has in many other areas of the country also known for cost-efficient care

May 19 2010

TheFiscalTimes

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Two Tiered Medical Care for Haves and Have Nots – As doctors leave the system, patients scramble to find care

May 18 2010

Kaiser Health News

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“A small but growing number of physicians are … abandoning traditional insurance-based practice to offer VIP treatment

May 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A Stanford University study shows that small amounts of social support can produce large and lasting gains against one of America’s biggest health problems—physical inactivity

May 18 2010

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health-industry groups including the AMA and American Hospital Association are calling the digitization requirements “too much, too soon”

May 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The number of children hospitalized with dangerous drug-resistant staph infections surged 10-fold in recent years, a study found.

May 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

One of the few remaining ways to manage expenses is to reduce the actual cost of the products. In health care, this means pushing providers to accept lower fees and reduce their use of costly services

May 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Among the first to feel the effects of the nation’s health-care system overhaul are insurance salespeople, whose commissions for selling policies to individuals and small groups are themselves getting overhauled

May 18 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Some 57 million Americans — 1 in 5 people under 65 — have diagnoses that could lock them out of coverage, according to a report issued this month by the advocacy group Families USA

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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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