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Patients and physicians are about to be hit smack in the face by the increased demand for healthcare services that will occur as PPACA becomes effective. Physicians will no longer [...]

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The “inflection point” of medicine—where portable devices, low-cost genetic screening, and a wealth of accurate online health information all merge to allow a con[...]

Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has received the Supreme Court’s stamp of approval, healthcare providers must determine the best way to improv[...]

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  By now you’ve likely heard the the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. What was inte[...]

  I just applied for an insurance plan for my 10-year-old daughter, but she was denied because she has asthma. I thought the new health reform law required insurance companies[...]