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Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who died February 25 at 96, is remembered for his uncompromising pro-life stand.

In a bid to save money, including new ObamaCare health-insurance fees, employers are increasingly dropping health coverage for employees' spouses.

Concierge medicine and its more modest iteration, "direct pay" medicine, are looking more and more attractive to both doctors and patients fed up with dealing with the complexities and difficulties of Medicare and insurance companies.

A new IRS regulation states that the least expensive health insurance plan available under ObamaCare will cost the average family $20,000 per year in 2016.

ObamaCare allows insurers to charge smokers up to 50 percent more for coverage than nonsmokers, potentially pricing older smokers out of the insurance market altogether.

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