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Nifty After Fifty and cane fu leading the “gyms for baby boomers” trend
May,13,2013
by+Internicola, Dorene
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Baby boomers, the generation that vowed to stay forever young, are getting older, designing senior-friendly gyms and becoming their own personal trainers.
In exercise havens for the over-50 set, the cardio machines are typically low impact, the resistance training is mainly air-powered and some group fitness classes are taken sitting down.
At Welcyon gyms, founded by husband-and-wife boomers Suzy and Tom Boerboom, the average age of members is 62. "The environment is really designed for those 50 and over," said Suzy Boerboom.
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Fierce Health Payer
Big insurers, watch out: The little guy is entering the exchange market
May,10,2013
by:+Dina Overland
With health insurance exchanges opening for enrollment in only a few months, insurers are prepping their businesses to compete in a new business-to-consumer market. But it's not only the big insurers that hope to carve out a competitive edge as they bid for millions of new members through the online marketplaces.
Smaller insurers, like Network Health in Massachusetts, will be selling health plans on exchanges, competing right alongside the likes of UnitedHealth, Aetna, Cigna and WellPoint.
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Washington Post Health/Science
Dangers found in lack of safety oversight for Medicare drug benefit
May,13,2013
By:+Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein and Jennifer LaFleur
Ten years ago, a sharply divided Congress decided to pour billions of dollars into subsidizing the purchase of drugs by elderly and disabled Americans.
The initiative, the biggest expansion of Medicare since its creation in 1965, proved wildly popular. It now serves more than 35 million people, delivering critical medicines to patients who might otherwise be unable to afford them. Its price tag is far lower than expected.
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Med City News
3 things that will help telemedicine go mainstream and win over pessimists
May,08,2013
by:+Stephanie Baum
There was a feeling of cautious optimism among many of the attendees of the annual American Telemedicine Association conference this year in Austin that attitudes towards telemedicine are shifting shifted and this sector of healthcare is on the road to mainstream acceptance.
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