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Jobs in health care grew while jobs in other sectors declined, according to a report by the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany School of Public Health.

So many of life's decisions rest on the smallest turns of fate. The same could be said of the fate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Shares of insurers Molina Healthcare Inc. and Centene Corp. sank Monday in early trading, one trading day after the state of Ohio picked some competitors to administer its Medicaid program for more than 1.5 million people.

Costs for all types of medical plans are expected to increase by 9.9 percent for 2012, the first time in a decade that projected cost increases were less than 10 percent for any type of plan, according to a survey by Buck Consultants.

Maybe its the reputation of hospitals as unhealthiest of places. Or the bad rap the south gets for its bad health habits. Either way, Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas, decided its had enough and is saying no to fat job prospects, according to a story in the Texas Tribune....

A day after an unprecedented deal to fix Detroit's finances was approved, the deputy mayor said the payroll must be reduced to help get the city on a path to stability.