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The Obama administration has said 20 percent of Americans still won't complete the process of purchasing insurance through HealthCare.gov at the end of this month, according to a report from The Washington Post.

Most U.S. adults think it isn't the federal government's responsibility to ensure all Americans have health insurance, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., announced the addition of Lukas Nystrom, MD, to its medical staff, according to a Chicago Tribune article.

Orlando (Fla.) Health will continue serving as the Orlando City Soccer Club's primary sponsor after the minor league team's move to Major League Soccer, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

At the Becker's Annual CEO Strategy Roundtable, held Nov. 14 in Chicago, a panel of healthcare experts discussed the pilot accountable care organization program.

According to a five-year jobs projection report from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists, 26 of the 50 jobs projected to grow the fastest from 2013 to 2017 are in the healthcare industry.

Healthcare prices and expenditures continued to grow at a slow pace in September, according to the Altarum Institute.

Thanks to repair efforts, HealthCare.gov now has an error rate of less than 1 percent, former White House Budget Director Jeffrey Zients told reporters last week, according to a report from The Hill.

Here are 14 hospitals that have recently expanded orthopedic services or added new orthopedic surgeons.

Kevin Vanden Berge, MD, has opened his practice — VB Orthopaedics — in Stephenville, Texas, according to a Stephenville Empire-Tribune report.