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Apr 19 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

When President Obama tried to sell his health-care law as a moderate approach that borrows ideas developed by the Heritage Foundation, the Heritage Foundation took exception

Apr 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Venture investment in U.S. companies rose last quarter compared to a year ago, but the $4.71 billion wagered was still one of the lowest quarterly totals on record

Apr 19 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Obama is assembling a high-level team to carry out key elements of the overhaul and is considering moving faster than the law requires to put them into action

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

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

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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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