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Feb 05 2010

Washington Post

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Sen. Landrieu tried to quell critics who accused her of making a backroom deal to secure $300 million in Medicaid funding for Louisiana in the Senate’s health care reform bill

Feb 05 2010

New York Times

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With the health care overhaul on a back burner, drug makers are getting a sinking sense of how a piecemeal public policy future might look for them

Feb 05 2010

HealthLeadersMedia

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Illinois Supreme Court struck down law that caps medical malpractice noneconomic damages awards at $1 million for hospitals and $500,000 for physicians

Feb 04 2010

Reuters

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Spheris Inc, a provider of document services for hospitals, filed for bankruptcy – to sell its U.S. business to MedQuist Inc for $75.25 million, according to court documents.

Feb 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Some leading hospitals are reporting failure rates for Medtronic Inc.’s fracture-prone defibrillator wires that are significantly higher than what the company has publicly disclosed

Feb 04 2010

New York Times

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Kathleen Sebelius told Congress on Wednesday that she could not guarantee greater openness in negotiations over legislation to remake the nation’s health care system

Feb 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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WSJ:   Federal and state programs will pay slightly more than half the tab for health care purchased in the United States by 2012

Feb 04 2010

Washington Post

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Washington Post:  Federal and state programs will pay slightly more than half the tab for health care purchased in the United States by 2012

Feb 04 2010

New York Times

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NYT:  Federal and state programs will pay slightly more than half the tab for health care purchased in the United States by 2012

Feb 04 2010

Bloomberg

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Bloomberg:  Federal and state programs will pay slightly more than half the tab for health care purchased in the United States by 2012

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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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