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  Retired couples may need $220,000 for health care

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  May 15, 2013

  The amount of money retirees need to set aside for medical expenses dropped 8 percent this year.

• Fertility care would be covered under California bill

  By Laura Olson  |  May 1, 2013

  When Alice Crisci was diagnosed at age 31 with an aggressive form of breast cancer, she paid to have her eggs harvested as part of a costly procedure before undergoing cancer treatment.

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  Boston victims face huge bills

  By Lindsey Tanner  |  April 26, 2013

  Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost of an amputee's rehab? Often tens of thousands of dollars more. These are just a fraction of the medical expenses victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will face.

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  Is the workplace health clinic the new health care fix?

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 26, 2013

  Is a medical clinic in a workplace really the best thing considered? NPR seems to think so.

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  Five states with the lowest uninsured rates

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 25, 2013

  Here are the nation’s top five states with the lowest uninsured rates.

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  States may push workers to exchanges

  By Mike Baker  |  April 24, 2013

  In a move that would capitalize on provisions under President Barack Obama's health care law but could cost the federal government millions of dollars, Washington state lawmakers have found a creative way to pass a large chunk of their health care expenses along to Washington, D.C. — and analysts say...

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  Beleaguered caregivers getting help from apps

  By Jim Fitzgerald  |  April 22, 2013

  As her mother and father edged toward dementia, Nancy D'Auria kept a piece of paper in her wallet listing their medications.

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  11.5 million fewer Americans receive employer-provided coverage

  By Allen Greenberg  |  April 18, 2013

  For HR managers who have had a front-row seat to some of the more seismic changes in health care benefits in recent years, the latest Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report will sound more than familiar.

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  Consumers say mandate penalty won’t work

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 18, 2013

  Just how effective will the insurance penalty under health reform be in getting consumers to buy insurance? Not very, according to a new survey.

• Health law could overwhelm addiction services

  By Carla K. Johnson  |  April 18, 2013

  In a major break with the past, 3 million to 5 million people with drug and alcohol problems — from homeless drug addicts to working moms who drink too much — will soon become eligible for insurance coverage under the new health care overhaul.