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Feb 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Democrats and Republicans agreed on Sunday that President Barack Obama’s health overhaul wasn’t dead. They disagreed over whether that was a good thing.

Feb 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Some states were so confident Congress would pass a health bill that they included the extra Medicaid funds in their state budgets

Jan 29 2010

HealthAffairs

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Financial rewards/penalties for adherence of wellness programs – should these be based on the employee’s ability to meet health status standards set by the company?

Jan 29 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A company is selling a test that it says can tell couples whether they are at risk of having children with a range of inherited diseases

Jan 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Private equity firms looking to realize their investments this year should expect to find decent windows on the equity, debt and merger and acquisition markets

Jan 29 2010

HealthcareTechnologyNews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Use of “fully functional” EHR’s remains stubbornly low at 6.3%; use of basic systems rose to 20.5%; use of “any EMR/EHR system” has climbed to 43.9%

Jan 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Novartis agreement to settle allegations involving marketing of an epilepsy drug is the latest in a string of cases showing that improper marketing practices are still a problem

Jan 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The chairman of the drug industry’s main trade group in the U.S. said the group “hasn’t withdrawn support” for the version of health-care reform passed by the Senate

Jan 29 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

President Obama’s health care appeal failed to break the congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans

Jan 29 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

When the President challenged lawmakers this week to “let me know” if they had a better idea how to overhaul health care, several Republicans shot up their hands

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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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