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Los Angeles-based University of Southern California found uninsured children were more likely to receive insufficient levels of care, according to News-Medical.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is examining 2.3 billion patient records to enhance healthcare, according to Healthcare IT News.

Fidelity, a mutual fund, led a $400 million investment in the health insurance company, Oscar, according to Forbes.

Medicare payments for certain services can differ depending on where surgeons perform the procedure, according to MedPage Today.

The American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians and other organizations are imploring insurance commissioners and the Obama administration to scrutinize health plans with narrow lists of medical providers, according to Forbes.

According to CNBC, although a recent report estimated a couple age 65 today should expect to incur $245,000 in total healthcare expenses in retirement, that number might actually be too low.

According to research presented at the 2016 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, uninsured patients and patients with Medicaid are more likely to present with advanced stages of head and neck cancer and have higher overall and cancer-specific mortality rates,…

Despite health insurer Oscar being relatively popular among millennials, the payer failed to attractive a significant number of California enrollees, according to International Business Times.

Benefits Science Technologies devised software that analyzes data from employee-insurance claims to predict health risks, according to Medical Xpress.

Many large organizations and politicians have heavily critiqued the pending health insurance company mergers, claiming they will stifle competition and drive up costs for consumers, according to HealthPayer Intelligence.