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1. CBO Cuts Cost Estimate for ACA. The health insurance provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will cost $84 billion less to implement than previously expected.
2. Olympic Doctors Ready to Treat Team U.S.A. While the world watches elite athletes like Michael Phelps and Hope Solo go for Olympic gold, the athletes’ team physicians will be watching them, too, but with a different perspective.
3. Melanoma on Rise with Indoor Tanning. More evidence points to indoor tanning as a cause for melanoma, particularly among young sunbed users.
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