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Site tracks, predicts state-by-state marketplace enrollments
Here’s a fun – and helpful – site for tracking enrollment and trying to get a sense of where it’s heading.…
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Health reporter finds conflicts between medical evidence, personal experience
When first diagnosed with breast cancer, journalist Karen D. Brown didn’t plan to write about it. But, as she met…
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Investigation: Officials sent sick, dying homeless people to unlicensed facility
Michael LaForgia Will Hobson “A home, but no help” was the fifth story in a seven-part investigative series on Hillsborough County’s…
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Home sharing: A growing option for many older adults
In many parts of the United States, older adults are turning to home sharing as an innovative way to age…
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Mixing medical evidence with a personal health experience
Karen D. Brown When I was diagnosed with breast cancer following a routine mammogram, my first response definitely wasn’t, “I…
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Questions arise about oversight of pediatric dentists
Alia Wong The state of Hawaii continues to investigate the death of a three-year-old girl who went into a coma…
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Sunshine Week: Committee advocates for access to information
This is Sunshine Week, a yearly celebration of open government. It’s held every year in the week that includes the…
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HHS moves to block chain of dental clinics from receiving Medicaid
Small Smiles, one of the nation’s largest dental chains, is facing exclusion from Medicaid, David Heath of the Center for…
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Experts discuss coming shifts in quality of life, culture around aging
“Have we matched our healthspan to our life span?” AgeWave.com founder and author Ken Dychtwald asked that question yesterday of…
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Studies reveal contradictions in efforts to improve socioeconomic status
“You as a society have made a decision that child poverty is what you want. I can only assume that’s…
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