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May 06 2010

Washington Post

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President Obama signed legislation Wednesday that significantly expands health services available to veterans

May 06 2010

Washington Times

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Obamacare is a series of assignments to bureaucrats in the Department of Health and Human Services. It is emblematic of what scholars call the administrative state

May 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Next spring we get the official report on how the nation collectively fared in reaching the goals included in Healthy People 2010, an every-decade governmental assessment of various health indicators.

May 06 2010

Healthcare IT News

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Pay-for-performance programs could increase medical disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities and people of low socioeconomic status

May 06 2010

Washington Times

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Where did this entitlement thinking come from? Only a generation ago, everyone expected to pay his or her own medical bills.

May 06 2010

Washington Times

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The mandated MLR may help facilitate tacit price collusion among health insurers by setting a common cost upon which a similar markup rate can be applied to determine premiums.

May 05 2010

New York Times

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The CLASS  ACT underwent a number of changes during the health care debate – but here are some answers to some basic questions

May 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Obama administration is urging state regulators and lawmakers to investigate whether WellPoint made mathematical errors in justifying sharp rate increases around the country.

May 05 2010

New York Times

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Health policy experts hope that electronic medical records becomes a tool for educating doctors about costs by providing doctors the price of tests and drugs when they are ordered

May 05 2010

iSoft

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A series of novel imaging agents could light up tumors as they begin to form – before they turn deadly – and signal their transition to aggressive cancers

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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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