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Arkansas Private Option's Latest Boondoggle: "Health Independence Accounts ... - Forbes

Arkansas Private Option's Latest Boondoggle: "Health Independence Accounts ...
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It's these cost-sharing provisions, which have enrollees pay a portion of their own health care costs, which can incentivize enrollees to be more responsible health care consumers. Yet more than 80 percent of Private Option enrollees currently have no ...

Opting Against Ebola Drug for Ill African Doctor - New York Times


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Opting Against Ebola Drug for Ill African Doctor
New York Times
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization endorsed the use of untested drugs to combat the outbreak, which has already killed more than 1,000 people and continues to spread. But ZMapp and other potential treatments are in such short supply that another ...
World Health Organization says using untested drugs and vaccines ethical ...Fox News
Unproven ebola drugs deemed ethical by the World Health OrganizationThe Verge
Global health group backs use of experimental Ebola drugsBoston Globe
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Apple Wants To Be 'A Hub Of Health Data' And Is In Talks With Top Hospitals - Business Insider


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Apple Wants To Be 'A Hub Of Health Data' And Is In Talks With Top Hospitals
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has been discussing how its "HealthKit" service will work with health providers at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins as well as with Allscripts, a competitor to electronic health records provider ...
Apple reportedly talks with health care providers about HealthKitCNET
Apple unsurprisingly working with more healthcare providers ahead of iOS 8's ...9 to 5 Mac (blog)
Apple is making huge moves to make sure HealthKit lands in your hospitalBGR
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Ebola response needs to "scale up," World Health Organization official says - CBS News


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Ebola response needs to "scale up," World Health Organization official says
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Even though the number of Ebola cases around the world continues to rise, Keiji Fukuda, the World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director general of health security, said it's still possible to contain the outbreak. "This is definitely an outbreak ...
The Ebola Outbreak Shows Why the Global Health System Is BrokenBusinessweek
Faced with Ebola, West Africa Health System Has 'Collapsed'ABC News (blog)
Ebola Death Toll in West Africa Passes 1000Boston.com
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Dublin welcomes new community health center - Columbus Dispatch


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Dublin welcomes new community health center
Columbus Dispatch
Federally qualified health centers most often fill a void in medically underserved areas. But in a rare step, Columbus Neighborhood Health Center will open one next month a mile northeast of the Mall at Tuttle Crossing in the wealthy suburb of Dublin.

Oakland County issues flood-related health advisory - WDIV Detroit


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Oakland County issues flood-related health advisory
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The Oakland County Health Division has issued a public health advisory urging people to take precautions against illness and injury following Monday's record rain fall and floods. County officials recommend avoiding flooded areas altogether, if ...

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Apple reportedly talks with health care providers about HealthKit - CNET


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Apple reportedly talks with health care providers about HealthKit
CNET
Unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco in June, HealthKit is meant to be a hub for tracking users' health data. As part of Apple's iOS 8, HealthKit includes a corresponding app named Health that can be used with third-party ...
Apple Wants To Be 'A Hub Of Health Data' And Is In Talks With Top HospitalsBusiness Insider
Apple is making huge moves to make sure HealthKit lands in your hospitalBGR
Apple unsurprisingly working with more healthcare providers ahead of iOS 8's ...9 to 5 Mac (blog)
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Collective Health Wants To Replace The Health Insurance Industry With A ... - TechCrunch


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Collective Health Wants To Replace The Health Insurance Industry With A ...
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“Did you know you can actually negotiate and get a better deal at the doctor's office if you offer to pay up front?” co-founder and CEO of Collective Health Ali Diab asks. He'd broken his foot and had to go to the doctor for an MRI that would have cost ...
The Next Big Thing You Missed: A Startup's Plan to End Health Insurance ...Wired
Collective Health exits stealth, helps employers become their own health insurerVentureBeat

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In Latest Health Play, Founders Fund Bets Software Can Lower Self-Insurance ... - Re/code


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In Latest Health Play, Founders Fund Bets Software Can Lower Self-Insurance ...
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A new San Mateo, Calif., company wants to make it cheaper and easier for small firms to tap into the savings of self-funded health insurance. Collective Health, founded in October and coming out of stealth mode on Tuesday, has raised an undisclosed ...
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Two doctors groups leave Atrius Health - Boston Globe

Two doctors groups leave Atrius Health
Boston Globe
Massachusetts health providers have been consolidating rapidly in recent years to gain the scale they say is needed to compete in an era of more coordinated medical care. But the state's largest alliance of physicians practices, Newton-based Atrius ...

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