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Mar 19 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

For the first time, the Medicare payroll tax would be applied to investment income, beginning in 2013. A new 3.8 percent tax would be imposed on interest, dividends, capital gains and other investment income

Mar 19 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The release of Medicare data could have a powerful effect on the quality and cost of U.S. health care.  The Senate health-reform bill is just the most current example.

Mar 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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iVillage, one of the largest Web sites for women, is hoping to capitalize on a female penchant for seeking help online for health concerns or questions

Mar 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health insurers are fighting demands by hospitals for sharply higher reimbursement rates by threatening to drop the hospitals from their health-plan networks, and blaming them for higher insurance premiums.

Mar 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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How can the bill spend so much and still reduce the deficit?  The answer lies mainly in new taxes and curbs on Medicare spending.

Mar 19 2010

New York Times

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Summary of some features of the released final version of legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed on Christmas Eve

Mar 19 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its CHIPs when Gov. Jan Brewer signed an austere budget that will leave nearly 47,000 low-income children without coverage

Mar 19 2010

mobihealthnews

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Sprint’s wireless health efforts include clinician offerings, patient tools, ambulatory care connectivity and home health solutions

Mar 18 2010

ebn

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Create a wellness philosophy first and then build your programs around that philosophy, Mary Williams, senior counsel of global compensation and benefits, at Coca-Cola Co. told attendees at a conference on employer-sponsored health benefits

Mar 18 2010

ModernHealthcare.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Middle-class Americans are becoming uninsured at a faster pace than lower- or upper-income earners, according to a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released during the annual Cover the Uninsured Week.

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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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