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Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
Brain games: Do they stop the mind from aging?
By Daniel WilliamsIn an effort to slow her brain from aging, author Patty Marx subjected herself to experiments with electric pulses to her head.
July 30, 2015
CMS: Medical research spending may be risingBasic investments in science may still be less than in 2012.
July 30, 2015
CVS to test IBM’s data-crunching Watson in search of care trendsThe chain has patient data from 7,800 pharmacies and 1,000 walk-in clinics.
July 30, 2015
View: The inadequate search for a cure to Alzheimer'sMichael Bloomberg's team has noticed that Alzheimer's researchers need more funding.
July 30, 2015
California’s Medicaid program faces $1.1 billion gapHHS wants managed care plans outside the Medicaid market to chip in.
July 30, 2015
Top 5 Fastest Growing Consumer ComplaintsThirty-seven agencies in a survey received a total of 281,639 complaints last year, including tax-related fraud.
July 30, 2015
Risky borrowers may be treated worse than drunks by insurersConsumer Reports, a non-profit organization, said it analyzed more than 2 billion quotes from U.S. insurers.
July 30, 2015
Feds: PPACA Multi-State Plans really do existOPM officials have posted enrollment numbers.