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Up 5.3 percent from 2013, U.S. healthcare spending reached $3 trillion in 2014, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Journal of the American Medical Association released a report detailing providers' views on the Affordable Care Act's impact.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court is expected to take up a case that could make it difficult to know how much the country's largest employers are paying hospitals and physicians for their employee's medical costs, according to Marketplace.

Emergency room physician, Rep. Cary Pigman, MD, R-Avon Park, is facing opposition after placing a bill on the House Health Quality's agenda that would allow pharmacists to inject prescribed medications if instructed by a physician, according to Tampa Bay Times.

A new study from the Association of American Medical Colleges ranked the top states attracting physicians based on growth over the past few years.

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Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill., is undergoing a year-long, $8.5 million expansion project.

Nearly one in three family physicians is currently pursuing value-based payment options, as found in a study by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Eye Associates of Boca Raton physicians provided free eye care for several patients on Nov. 23 as part of the "Gift of Sight" program, according to a Sun Sentinel report.

Presidential hopeful for the democratic nomination Bernie Sanders underwent elective outpatient hernia surgery yesterday, according to a CNN report.