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Mar 11 2010

Bloomberg

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Medco Health is encouraging doctors to use genetic tests to determine whether drugs will work for particular patients — saving money and reducing harm caused when prescriptions are wrong

Mar 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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HHS Secretary Sebelius warned health insurers that opposing the administration’s health-care agenda and letting premium increases continue would hurt the health industry

Mar 11 2010

Washington Post

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Most big employers plan to shift a larger share of health-care costs to their workers next year, according to a survey to be released Thursday

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

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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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