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  Applying for PPACA coverage isn't easy

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  March 13, 2013

  Applying for benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) could be as daunting as doing your taxes.

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  AP to consumers: PPACA won't create universal coverage

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  January 31, 2013

  A reporter explains the coming health premium affordability rules to a general audience.

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  Whatever happened in Massachusetts?

  By Steve LeBlanc  |  January 24, 2013

  The Bay State program helps patients with health problems but chases off doctors.

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  Marsh & McLennan makes two acquisitions

  By Noah Guillaume  |  January 18, 2013

  The subsidiary of broker Marsh Inc. acquired Liscomb Hood Mason and McGraw Wentworth.

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  Medicare Part B premiums to rise $5 a month in 2013

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  November 16, 2012

  The increase amounts to one-quarter of the typical Social Security cost-of-living adjustment.

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  Massachusetts Lawmakers OK Health Cost Bill

  By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press  |  August 1, 2012

  Supporters say the measure could cut $200 billion in costs over 15 years.

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  Advisors’ Work Begins With Supreme Court’s Ruling on Health Law

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  June 29, 2012

  RIAs who own small businesses, and the stock markets, can now begin digesting the reality of the PPACA.

• Feds: Detecting Possible Home Health Care Fraud Took 5 Years

  By Normaan Merchant, Associated Press  |  March 1, 2012

  Authorities say reviewers missed signs that one doctor was certifying an unusually high number of beneficiaries.

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  Week in Pictures | December 23, 2011

  By Staff Writer  |  December 22, 2011

  Two starkly different statesmen pass, lenders take out billions of low-interest loans from the European Central Bank, the Payroll tax saga drags on and Bradley Manning, quite possibly the most polarizing figure in the country, faces a military hearing. This and more in this week's Week in Pictures.

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  Tragic Tale

  By Bill Coffin  |  November 7, 2011

  Bill Mantlo was a legendary comic book writer... until a hit-and-run accident threw him under the wheels of the healthcare system. This is his story.