Tennessee

• Most aren’t getting enough exercise

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 2, 2013

  Sure, most of us know we should be exercising. But that doesn’t mean we're doing it.

• Latest HIV vaccine doesn’t work

  By Lauran Neergaard  |  April 26, 2013

  The latest bad news in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine: The government halted a large U.S. study on Thursday, saying the experimental shots aren't preventing HIV infection.

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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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  Medication waste came to $418 billion in '12

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 23, 2013

  Talk about a dose of bad medicine: The United States wasted $418 billion in 2012 based on bad medication-related decisions, and the impact was most deeply felt in those states that could least afford it.

• Trust in government, Obama approval slip

  By Charles Babington and Jennifer Agiesta  |  April 19, 2013

  A new poll find that President Barack Obama's re-election glow is gone. Congress' reputation remains dismal. And only about one in five Americans say they trust the government to do what's right most of the time.

• Arkansas approves Medicaid expansion alternative

  By Michael Stratford  |  April 18, 2013

  Arkansas' plan to use federal money to buy private insurance for low-income residents won final approval from state lawmakers Wednesday, endorsing a model that several other states are eyeing as a possible alternative to expanding Medicaid.

• Study shows nationwide antibiotic overuse

  By Mike Stobbe  |  April 11, 2013

  U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being overused, a new government study finds.

• Meet the 2013 Broker of the Year finalists

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 8, 2013

  Meet this year’s Broker of the Year finalists and find out what exactly makes a broker of the year.

• What makes a Broker of the Year?

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 5, 2013

  Let’s find out what exactly makes a broker of the year.

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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.