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Mar 17 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Facing a sharp rise in costs, Pennsylvania has almost doubled the monthly bill for a state health insurance program for poor people who do not qualify for Medicaid

Mar 17 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Pelosi and Reid can’t move forward until they have the cost estimate from the nonpartisan budget office – they have been going back and forth with CBO officials for days

Mar 16 2010

mobilehealthwatch

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

“While telehealth remains an emerging category for Consumer Electronics, consumer-led telehealth services could prove to be the disruptive influence required for professional care authorities to drive telehealth forward.”

Mar 16 2010

mobihealthnews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Shortly after becoming available for download from the AppStore, MIMvista’s  app was removed from the store –  the reason? FDA regulation

Mar 16 2010

BusinessWire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

RMG Networks announced today the acquisition of Pharmacy TV, a digital place-based video network deployed near the pharmacist counter in major grocery chains and pharmacy retail

Mar 16 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The House would vote on a more popular package of fixes to the Senate Health Care bill; under the House rule for that vote, passage would signify that lawmakers “deem” the health-care bill to be passed

Mar 16 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The AHA 2008 guidelines declared deactivating a defibrillator an ethical end-of-life decision, similar to withholding other treatments in favor of comfort care

Mar 16 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Recent studies undertaken to assess vitamin and mineral pill benefits were disappointing – they failed to prevent Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart attacks, strokes or Type 2 diabetes

Mar 16 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If decisions based on Comparative Effectiveness Research inhibit the progress of personalized medicine—or in any way interfere with a tailored, most appropriate therapy—no one is helped

Mar 16 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Although insurers generally oppose the health-care bill, an overhaul would give the industry a chance to boost its diminishing rolls with an influx of young healthy customers

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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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