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Apr 19 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Personalized medicine can help us extend the healthy lifespan and achieve greater value in health care by honing in on the right tests and treatments for the right people at the right time

Apr 19 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Healthy people subsidize people who need more health care – healthier customers discover high premiums are not worth it and dropped out – the pool of insured people shrank – premiums skyrocketed

Apr 19 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The idea was simple enough: Make sure that health insurers spend the vast majority of their revenue on patient care

Apr 19 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Pharmaceutical company bonds, the most expensive in the U.S. corporate credit market, face rating cuts after a buyout spree to replace expiring patents

Apr 19 2010

Connecture

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Connecture, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Insurint in a bold step towards transforming health insurance distribution

Apr 16 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The venture capital industry seems to need a bit longer to recover after last year, when Silicon Valley froze in response to the economic uncertainty

Apr 16 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Internal Revenue Service won’t audit you to make sure you have purchased health insurance —but it may withhold your tax refund if you can’t demonstrate that you are insured

Apr 16 2010

LA Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In July, a special high-risk pool will offer coverage to uninsured people with pre-existing health conditions – some vulnerable patients are probably going to feel a little cheated

Apr 16 2010

USA Today

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It’s low-hanging fruit to rid our system of procedures and tests that we’re spending a lot of money on that are actually making people worse

Apr 16 2010

Reuters

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Software maker Oracle Corp is set to buy drug data management software company Phase Forward for about $685 million

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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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