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Jan 13 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Almost a year after taking office, no one has been nominated anybody to run Medicare

Jan 13 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A little economic commentary – 2010 will be a time for weaning the nation from life support and evaluating what worked and what didn’t

Jan 12 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A growing shortage of pediatricians trained in specialty medicine is threatening timely access to care for children

Jan 12 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Many doctors, especially older ones and specialists, say they would postpone those conversations, according to a study published onlineMonday in the journal Cancer

Jan 12 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The final health-care bill is likely to require coverage for more mammograms after women’s groups, doctors and imaging-equipment makers stepped up pressure on lawmakers

Jan 12 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Pharmacists dispense pills, counsel patients, screen for illness, give vaccines

Jan 12 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

US policy makers are studying Denmark’s health information technology use to see whether its successes can be replicated as part of the overhaul of the health system

Jan 12 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Short of rationing, lawmakers have pulled nearly every available cost-control lever in the sweeping health care overhaul

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011102231.html
Jan 12 2010

mobihealthnews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Novartis announced that would invest $24M as part of an exclusive worldwide agreement for the pharma company to license Proteus Biomedical’s sensing technology

Jan 12 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The agency that runs Medicare rung the latest cost alarm bell on Friday, and good luck finding any media mention.

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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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