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Jan 15 2010

Health Affairs

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Two articles published today by Health Affairs analyze the potential success of strategies to curtail medical spending in the U.S.

Jan 15 2010

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The viability of reform depends on attracting lower-risk individuals. Strengthening the mandate would increase the likelihood that these individuals will purchase coverage

Jan 15 2010

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospice urged MedPAC to adjust the community’s 2010 projected profit margins in order to more accurately reflect hospice’s unique, mandatory program costs

Jan 15 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Walgreen Co. warned it will withdraw about half of its pharmacies from the state of Washington’s Medicaid as the program continues to cut back on reimbursements

Jan 15 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Dems may add billions in fees for device makers and cut reimbursements or increase fees on drug makers by what agreed to previously

Jan 15 2010

Washington Post

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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

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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

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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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