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Jan 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Why is drug importation (and its twin the reimportation of American drugs from foreign countries) a bad idea?

Jan 07 2010

PR Newswire

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Intuity Medical Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer of blood glucose monitors, has raised $64 million in Series D funding

Jan 07 2010

marketwire

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Carousel Capital has sold MedData LLC, a provider of health care transaction processing, to TransUnion LLC

Jan 07 2010

Washington Post

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How interest groups behind health-care legislation are financed is often unclear

Jan 07 2010

PR Newswire

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Liquent, Inc. announces that it has been acquired by Marlin Equity Partners from Thomson Reuters.

Jan 07 2010

Washington Post

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Prescription drug coverage for millions of federal employees and their dependents are at high costs

Jan 07 2010

Bloomberg

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President Barack Obama is pushing U.S. House Democrats to drop their opposition to a tax on high- end insurance plans

Jan 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A White House official said Wednesday that the president would support the House effort to make subsidies more generous

Jan 07 2010

New York Times

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Hundreds of thousands of patients each year suffer from infections after surgery, and experts say those infections stem from bacteria the patients themselves are carrying

Jan 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Four years ago, Medicare Part D was born – today, the program is working better than many expected

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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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