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Apr 07 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A so-called Medicare innovation center and a Medicare oversight board that can set payment rates – but all these groups will face the same basic problem – Americans tend to believe that more care is better care.

Apr 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate how Internet service providers manage their networks

Apr 07 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The governors of Arizona and Nevada say their states will join 14 others suing the federal government over health care reform.

Apr 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The VA often gets high marks for being an early adopter of electronic medical systems – a study tries to put a price-tag on what the VA systems collectively called Vista

Apr 07 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise – and sometimes done unnecessarily

Apr 07 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health overhaul calls for $130 billion in Medicare Advantage cuts, which covers 11 million people –  insurers will offset some of the expense by raising premiums on customers

Apr 06 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

IRS Commissioner said the agency will rely on insurance companies to provide information that individuals are buying coverage as required by the new health-care overhaul.

Apr 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The heart-attack rate among elderly Americans appears to be falling sharply. The rate of hospital admissions for heart attack was 23% lower in 2007 than in 2002, according to a just-published analysis of Medicare data

Apr 06 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A number of scientific studies have found that the amount of sugar we consume is a major factor in how big Americans have become. In the last half-century, consumption of sugars by the average American has increased by more than 24 pounds a year

Apr 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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An estimated 8% of U.S. children have ADHD (attention-deficit disorder) and some 50% of them outgrow it.  About 4.4% of U.S. adults—some 10 million people—also have ADHD and less than one-quarter of them are aware of it.

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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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