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  Personal physician shortage looms, experts say

  By Allison Bell  |  January 29, 2013

  Witnesses tell a Senate panel that the United States is training doctors for the wrong slots.

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  On the Third Hand: Skin

  By Allison Bell  |  October 16, 2012

  How do we give Medicare enrollees skin in the game without skinning them alive?

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  What You Might Not Know About PPACA

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  September 12, 2012

  With regulations that began back in 2010, when the law was passed, and dozens more being implemented through 2018, there's a lot to keep up with. Here are eight of the lesser known effects of the law.

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  AARP Posts LTCI Fact Sheet

  By Allison Bell  |  July 6, 2012

  The LTC cost figures in the new version of the fact sheet are considerably higher.

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  Undoing Health Reform Could Have Messy Ripple Effects

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  June 12, 2012

  It sounds like a silver lining. Even if the Supreme Court overturns President Barack Obama's health care law, employers can keep offering popular coverage for the young adult children of their workers. But here's the catch: The parents' taxes would go up.

• How the SEC could pursue a case against JPMorgan (Reuters)

  By Staff Writer  |  June 12, 2012

  Experts say the best chance to bring an enforcement action will center on whether the bank should have disclosed sooner that it switched to a new risk model. But that, the experts say, could be difficult to prove.

• Facebook IPO: Cautionary Tale for Individual Investors (USA Today)

  By Staff Writer  |  June 1, 2012

  After one week of trading, Facebook stock closed over 20% below its offering price. Shares have been hurt by trading glitches, complaints of too many shares offered at too high a price, and lawsuits alleging underwriters failed to share lowered earnings forecasts.

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  Economy Lacks Strength to Sustain Gains

  By Martin Crutsinger  |  March 22, 2012

  There is still not enough spending and investment to sustain the economic recovery, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.

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  Fed Now Tweeting, but Keep Expectations in Check

  By Martin Crutsinger  |  March 14, 2012

  The Federal Reserve isn't known for its brevity. Now, it has no choice.

• Are you ignoring the market most in need of your help?

  By Charles K. Hirsch  |  December 1, 2011

  Perhaps we'll look back in a few years on the financial crisis that began in the fall of 2008 as a moment of financial awakening for the middle market in the United States. Not only did it disprove the long-held belief that a person’s home is an asset that will...