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Mar 11 2010

New York Times

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A panel of medical experts recommended steps to reverse a trend: the increasing difficulty of finding doctors and hospitals that will let a woman try to give birth normally if she has had a Caesarean section in the past.

Mar 11 2010

Bloomberg

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Comparing the genetic blueprint of parents and their children can narrow the hunt for disease-causing genes to a handful of candidates rather than the thousands that are identified when a genome is analyzed in isolation

Mar 11 2010

ModernHealthcare

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The Senate voted 62-36 to approve a $138 billion bill that would temporarily prevent Medicare payment cuts to doctors as well as extend federal Medicaid assistance and COBRA premium subsidies.

Mar 11 2010

BusinessWire

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Maveron LLC, a Seattle-based venture capital firm announced the asset acquisition of portfolio company Kinetix Living Corp. by Regence BlueShield of Washington

Mar 11 2010

Reuters

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Mental health facilities operator Psychiatric Solutions Inc said it hired Goldman Sachs as its financial adviser after being approached by third parties about a possible acquisition of the company

Mar 11 2010

BusinessWire

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QuadraMed® announced stockholder approval of QuadraMed’s acquisition by Francisco Partners

Mar 11 2010

Washington Post

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As they push to finish health-care legislation by the end of the month, Congress is weighing whether to add a popular proposal to overhaul the federal student loan program

Mar 11 2010

Washington Times

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Obamacare proponents believe that we will add 30 million patients to the system without adding providers, we will see no decline in the quality of care and we will save money in the process

Mar 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Are there enough votes in the House to pass the Senate’s health-care bill? As of today, it’s clear there aren’t.

Mar 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A widely used test to detect blockages in the heart’s arteries often turns up little or no evidence of disease, a new study found

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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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