Massachusetts

• Senate bill targets large compounding pharmacies

  By The Associated Press  |  April 26, 2013

  Large specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year would be subject to federal safety inspections and manufacturing standards, under a new Senate proposal introduced Friday.

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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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  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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  Will the group health dam break, or just leak a little?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 24, 2013

  Whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges will work was one of the questions that kept coming up Wednesday at a hearing on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services fiscal year 2014 budget proposal.

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  Massachusetts: Our exchange users like their plans

  By Allison Bell  |  April 18, 2013

  The managers of the model for the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange system -- the Massachusetts exchange program -- say low-income and moderate-income users seem to be happy with the program.

• North Carolina official argues against MetLife tax breaks

  By Emery P. Dalesio  |  April 17, 2013

  North Carolina business recruiters say a historically outsized package of about $100 million in state and local incentives to get MetLife Inc. to move 2,600 jobs from other states to North Carolina could stall benefits to other companies or force lawmakers to loosen up the rules.

• Health care coverage uneven among U.S. cities

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 16, 2013

  As far as health care coverage goes, it's all about location, location, location.

• Most insurers charge higher premiums than quoted

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 5, 2013

  Got an insurance quote? Don’t expect it to be accurate.

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  When the feds go marching in

  By Mark Roberts  |  April 4, 2013

  The harsh reality is that health care has the stamp of Big Brother — good, bad or ugly. Here are the top four concerns about how the federal government is going to treat you under Obamacare.

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  Canary in a coal mine

  By Denis Storey  |  April 2, 2013

  All those single people who voted for the president again might want to reconsider. They also might want to stay the hell away from Vermont.