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Jan 29 2010

Bloomberg

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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

Jan 28 2010

Dark Daily

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Spectrum Laboratory announced a merger with Carilion Labs  – the combined enterprise will have revenue of $300 million and be one of the nation’s larger clinical laboratory companies

Jan 28 2010

BusinessWeek

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Boosting co-pays for doctor visits and other outpatient care reduces seniors’ use of those services, but may sharply increase hospitalizations

Jan 28 2010

rediff.com

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In an emerging trend, doctors are joining hands with VC’s, drug firms and medical equipment vendors to set up advanced medical care facilities at low costs.

Jan 28 2010

Wall Street Journal

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5minutes Ltd. and Prevention magazine are betting that consumers will increasingly integrate health and lifestyle content into their daily Web use

Jan 28 2010

Reuters

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Older people who have higher co-payments are more likely to end up in the hospital, making their treatment more costly, according to U.S. study

Jan 28 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Investment bankers were largely optimism about the IPO market for 2010.  But, there’s a dark side: One dog could scare everyone away.

Jan 28 2010

New York Times

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Obama drew sustained laughter when he declared that “by now it should be fairly obvious that I didn’t take on health care because it was good politics”

Jan 28 2010

Wall Street Journal

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WellPoint’s efforts to control medical costs include “more aggressive” contract negotiations with providers and utilizing medical management levers

Jan 28 2010

BusinessWire

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AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions announced that it has acquired Medical Account Services (MAS), the premier anesthesia billing company

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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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