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Feb 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

This new ObamaCare plan would for the first time apply the 2.9% Medicare payroll tax to “interest, dividends, annuities, royalties and rents,” so-called passive income

Feb 24 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Nothing is stopping Mr. Obama and Congressional Democrats from adding more Republican ideas to their health plan it would yield a bill worthy of the name bipartisan

Feb 24 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

When people today refer to their health insurer, they mean the payer of all their health-care bills – but normally insurer refers protection against large losses

Feb 23 2010

eHealthNews.eu

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Australia’s largest listed health information technology company, acquired Belgium-based health IT company UltraGenda BV for as much as $16 million

Feb 23 2010

Health IT Strategist

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A Massachusetts General Hospital patient died last month after the alarm on a heart monitor was inadvertently left off, delaying the response of nurses and doctors to the patient’s medical crisis

Feb 23 2010

Washington Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The CBO said it has received several requests to review Mr. Obama’s blueprint  but could not do so until the White House provides more details

Feb 23 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Merge Healthcare Inc., the Milwaukee- based maker of medical information technology, made a $248 million bid to buy Amicas Inc., which has already agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm

Feb 23 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Childhood rates of chronic health problems, including obesity, asthma and learning disabilities, have doubled in just 12 years, a new study reports — to 1 in 4 children in 2006, up from 1 in 8 in 1994.

Feb 23 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Aggressive treatment at the end of life — frantic CPR for a brain-dead accident victim, inserting a feeding tube in a dying Alzheimer’s patient — has become a staple of the health care debate

Feb 23 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Public-health officials are scaling back official recommendations for aspirin to target a narrower group of patients who are at risk of a heart attack or stroke.

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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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