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David Chance recuperates at Oregon Health and Science University. Kristian Foden-Vencil/Oregon Public Broadcasting hide caption
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Dave Vockell, CEO of the software company Lyfechannel, takes first place — and wins $20,000 — in the Code-a-Palooza Challenge at Health Datapalooza 2014. David Hathcox/David Hathcox for Health Data Consortium hide caption
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Ambulances fill a parking lot at the DaVita Dialysis Center in Paterson, N.J., on May 31. Andrew Renneisen/Courtesy of ProPublica hide caption
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Employees lift weights near the end of a workout class at the Sherwin-Williams corporate health and wellness center in downtown Cleveland. Sarah Jane Tribble / WCPN hide caption
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Doctors who bill the federal government for a lot of services may be gaming the system, but there also may be a reasonable explanation. Aslan Alphan/Getty Images hide caption
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AmeriMark employees sort through return orders on the catalog company's processing floor. Sarah Jane Tribble / WCPN hide caption
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Paul Siperke, co-owner of Cleveland brewery Fat Head's, plans to keep providing health insurance to his employees. But he's irked by the continual price fluctuations in the group's policy — this year caused partly by the Affordable Care Act. Milan Jovanovic/WCPN hide caption
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Would he be happier with a health plan bought on the exchange? His boss probably would be. iStockphoto hide caption
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Telluride, Colo., where the mountains, powder and insurance rates are all high. iStockphoto hide caption
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President Obama said eight million people signed up for health coverage through new insurance exchanges. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption