Individual Health

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  R.I. hospital company to cut doc training spending

  By The Associated Press  |  May 24, 2013

  The CEO said falling payment rates have affected the facilities' finances.

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  GOP Ariz. rep. who supports Medicaid is threatened

  By Bob Christie  |  May 24, 2013

  Republican governors in five other states also seem to be likely to get PPACA expansion money.

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  Hobby Lobby tests birth-control mandate

  By Kristen Wyatt  |  May 24, 2013

  The company objects to having to cover the morning-after pill.

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  Some unions now angry about PPACA

  By Sam Hananel  |  May 24, 2013

  Some unions worry employers will send workers to the exchanges.

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  PPACA strategist: IT companies need specs

  By Allison Bell  |  May 24, 2013

  Creating bare-bones systems will take at least two months, and client setup will take another month, the strategist says.

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  Annual family health care costs exceed $22,000

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 23, 2013

  The annual cost for health care for a family of four could cover a year of tuition at an in-state college.

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  Benefits educators prepare for a new world

  By Sue Sieger  |  May 23, 2013

  Scrambling to track ACA changes? What if you had to create the ACA change seminar?

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  California officials unveil exchange plan menu

  By Allison Bell  |  May 23, 2013

  The carrier list includes WellPoint, Kaiser and Blue Shield, but not Aetna, Cigna or UnitedHealth.

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  Vermont regulator rejects CO-OP application.

  By Allison Bell  |  May 23, 2013

  Donegan said the plan would charge high rates and has not shown that it could sustain solvency.

• Poll shows young people to skip coverage, opt for penalty tax instead

  By Staff Writer  |  May 23, 2013

  Our new health care system is one where the healthy people opt to be penalized for being so. Welcome to Backward World.