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US Healthcare System

How Are Medicare Costs Calculated?

Millions of retired and disabled Americans depend on Medicare to help them cover healthcare-related expenses, but learning all the ins and outs of this huge government program can be a

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Medicare To Experiment With Tying Drug Costs to Effectiveness

Aetna and Cigna inked deals last month with drug maker Novartis that offer the insurers rebates tied to how well a pricey new heart failure drug works to cut hospitalizations

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Poll studies American views on health care

Twenty five percent of U.S. adults do not have a regular doctor and 26 percent have serious financial problems related to healthcare, according to a public health poll released last

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Millennials bring changes in health care system

Millennials, those born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s, represent one-quarter (25 percent) of the U.S. population, more than 75 million individuals. Millennials are figuratively and literally “coming

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Fifty Percent of Millennials Have Delayed Healthcare Treatment Due to Cost …

New consumer healthcare research released today from Xerox (NYSE:XRX) at HIMSS16 (booth #8005) shows Millennials (Gen Y, ages 18 – 34) are the most cost conscious generation when it comes

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Why won’t Medicare cover dental, hearing or vision expenses?

The failure of Medicare to cover most dental, hearing and vision expenses is perhaps its greatest failing. Other critics might point to the fact that it does not cover long-term

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Can Medicare-for-All Save You 73% on Your Doctor’s Bill?

“What a Medicare for All program does is finally provide in this country healthcare for every man, woman and child as a right.” — Sen. Bernie Sanders “I don’t want

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Nearly 13 Million Sign Up for Obamacare Health Insurance

About 12.7 million Americans signed up for 2016 health insurance coverage through the government insurance exchanges, surpassing its expectations, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said on Thursday.

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6 Million Americans Are Eligible For Medicaid But Choose Not To Enroll

Of the 30 million Americans who remain uninsured, an estimated 6 million would qualify for healthcare through Medicaid but have not signed up. This Wall Street Journal report delves into

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The Frustrating Truth About Obamacare

Obamacare is getting boring. With little time before Sunday’s deadline for people to enroll in private health insurance via HealthCare.gov and the 13 state-run health insurance exchanges this year, there’s

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