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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

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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

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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

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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.

Mar 18 2010

AlternativePress.com

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Wellness Possibilities, a national online directory of holistic wellness services and providers, announces its merger with The Holistic Option, Inc.

Mar 18 2010

theMobileHealthCrowd

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The UK is leading the way in the use of telehealth and telecare to transform health and social care delivery, with large-scale projects already under way and many more emerging

Mar 18 2010

mobihealthnews

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The FCC calls connected health “eCare” but often refers to mobile health, smartphone apps, wireless sensors and telemedicine.

Mar 18 2010

theMobileHealthCrowd

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Medtronic has announced results from the CONNECT trial showing the median time to clinical decision was significantly reduced for cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patients

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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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