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Jan 15 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A LOOPHOLE in existing law allows manufacturers of brand-name drugs to pay competitors to keep cheaper, generic versions off the market

Jan 15 2010

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The fight over whether states or the federal government will have more clout in a proposed health insurance marketplace is escalating

Jan 14 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Labor leaders and Democratic negotiators reached agreement over the issue of a proposed tax on high-end health plans. The details couldn’t immediately be learned.

Jan 14 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new study from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation attempts to debunk the common notion that recessions lead to fewer new start-ups

Jan 14 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More on community ratings: in virtually all other industrialized nations community rating have long been widely accepted and this is unlikely to be abandoned

Jan 14 2010

Washington Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Ballooning debt will inevitably limit future wealth by reducing the size of economy & growth of capital stock, while increasing dependence on foreign creditors

Jan 14 2010

Washington Times

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Rep. Anthony Weiner, Liberal House member from New York gave a stern warning to the White House: “We don’t like negotiating with a gun to our head.”

Jan 14 2010

pharmiweb.com

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H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global private equity firm, today announced that an affiliate has closed its previously announced acquisition of Allion Healthcare, Inc.

Jan 14 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Should someone in Idaho or Nevada have significantly different health care coverage from someone in Massachusetts?  That is one of the biggest questions

Jan 14 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

With a growing sense of urgency, President Obama and top Democrats held a marathon negotiating session in an effort to thrash out sweeping health care legislation

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