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Mar 25 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

People fighting chronic illnesses are less likely than others to have Internet access, but once online they are more likely to blog or participate in online discussions about health problems

Mar 25 2010

Washington Post

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A couple retiring this year will need a quarter of a million dollars, on average, to cover medical expenses in retirement, according to a study to be released Thursday by Fidelity Investments

Mar 25 2010

Bloomberg

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Page 1,617 of the 2,400-page health reform bill sparked little of the debate  – however, the overhaul creates an institute, funded with $500 million or more annually, to spur studies of which drugs, devices and medical procedures work best

Mar 25 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The retiree drug subsidy is paid to companies that provide coverage for prescriptions to former workers who would otherwise be on Medicare Part D plan.  Under prior law, the payment was tax-exempt – the new law requires companies to immediately account for the present value of this tax increase

Mar 25 2010

Washington Post

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Senate Republicans learned early Thursday that they will be able to kill language in a measure altering newly enacted health care overhaul, meaning the bill will have to return to the House for final congressional approval

Mar 25 2010

Eon

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AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions (AHS), one of the nation’s leading providers of medical billing and practice management services, has acquired AHP Billing Services, Inc., a former division of Anodyne Health

Mar 25 2010

Healthcare IT News

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Vitality, Inc. and AT&T announced Tuesday that AT&T will provide the nationwide wireless network connection for Vitality GlowCaps, intelligent pill caps designed to help patients take medications regularly.

Mar 25 2010

Healthcare IT News

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The remote health management market (RHM) is the smallest, but fastest growing segment of the home health management (HHM) market, according to global strategy consulting firm, Scientia Advisors

Mar 24 2010

Bloomberg

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The health-care overhaul bill may boost employment at small businesses this year, said Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economist

Mar 24 2010

Bloomberg

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Lawsuits by 14 states seeking to scuttle health-care legislation were given little chance of success in the face of the broad powers granted Congress by the U.S. Constitution, scholars said

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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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