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With Special Tax Suspended, Medical Device Firms Reap Big Savings

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The medical device industry is enjoying a two-year moratorium on a tax that was created to support the Affordable Care Act. Are firms using their savings to create more jobs, as many claim?

‘Critical Illness’ Insurance Grows As Out-Of-Pocket Health Costs Jump

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A relatively obscure category of health insurance — “critical illness” insurance — is聽catching on because, increasingly, conventional health plans have consumers paying a lot of out-of-pocket costs. Mark Zdechlik of Minnesota Public Radio explains the pros and cons of critical care insurance in this story that aired on NPR’s Morning Edition.

N.Y., Minn. Opt For Low-Cost Plans To Help Some Residents Afford Coverage

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Both states are offering 鈥渂asic health programs鈥 that provide policies to consumers with low monthly premiums and copayments, and low or no deductibles.

Gaps Remain Among States鈥 Medicaid Efforts To Help People Kick Smoking Habit

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Even though Medicaid enrollees are more likely to be smokers than the general public, a study published Tuesday in Health Affairs examined state data from 2010 to 2013 and found wide differences in funding of cessation efforts.

Suing A Nursing Home Could Get Easier Under Proposed Federal Rules

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Many families must sign a binding arbitration agreement when a loved one is admitted to a nursing home, pledging not to sue if something goes wrong. Proposed rules would ban that requirement.