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Jan 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Restaurants from Applebee’s to Starbucks are pushing new low-calorie menu items in an effort to attract customers who say they want healthier options.

Jan 22 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Democrats may now spend weeks or months drafting a new proposal or undertaking a series of bills to achieve their goals

Jan 22 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The absence of a forced change, insurers still face the challenge of selling a product that is increasingly out of reach for more Americans

Jan 22 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Trimming back the 2,000-page, trillion-dollar health care bills to the parts that average folks understand and like may not be as simple as it sounds

Jan 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Intuitive Surgical Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings soared 53% on strong sales and increased usage of its “da Vinci” motion-capture surgical robot systems.

Jan 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Venture capital investment in health care surpassed information technology last year for the first time on record

Jan 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A national program to reduce dietary salt could prevent heart attacks, strokes and deaths and trim as much as $24 billion from the U.S. health-care tab

Jan 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Grassley letter to more than 30 hospitals to ask about their experiences — including “complications,” “errors” and “problems” — with health IT systems

Jan 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Local information-services companies grabbed 33% of all venture dollars going into Bay Area tech in the first three quarters of 2009

Jan 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The idea of creating a bipartisan commission to cut the budget deficit is gaining ground and could have profound effect on health care

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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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