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Mar 08 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

This really is the home stretch in the health care debate.  So here is a handy road map for the next three weeks — a sort of GPS guide to the health care finish line

Mar 08 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

As the battle over the state budget becomes more intense, Mayor has stepped up his call for the Legislature to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on soda

Mar 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Democrats questioned whether health-care overhaul would curb health costs, highlighting a difficult issue that the White House and congressional leaders must address

Mar 08 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The President this week kicks off a final push to salvage a health-care overhaul plan that faces opposition from the public and resistance from members of his own Democratic Party

Mar 05 2010

Quest Diagnostics

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Two of the nation’s largest healthcare information networks, Quest Diagnostics and Surescripts(R) announced an agreement to pioneer the formation of an integrated service to make laboratory and prescription information broadly and easily accessible to physicians.

Mar 05 2010

BusinessWire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hewitt Associates announced it has acquired Senior Educators Ltd., a trusted, Web-based retiree medical insurance exchange that provides unbiased assistance to Medicare recipients seeking high-quality, affordable supplemental insurance products

Mar 05 2010

Milwaukee Business Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medical imaging technology company Merge Healthcare Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Boston radiology technology provider Amicas Inc. for $248 million in cash

Mar 05 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Democrats set out Thursday to thwart defections and solidify support for their health care overhaul bill, focusing on skeptical rank-and-file House Democrats antsy about voting for the unpopular measure

Mar 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Following Thursday’s meeting at the White House between major health insurance CEOs and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the managed care CEOs are out with some zingers.

Mar 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The government’s top health official summoned health-insurance chief executives to the White House Thursday and told them they need to disclose more data justifying sharp premium increases.

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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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