Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions wit

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With health care now considered the United States’ hot-button issue and the media microscope on providers like Aetna (AET), Humana (HUM), United Health (UNH), and Cigna (CIG), the issue of medi

Medical Tourism: Your Complete Guide to Fun, Sun, and Surgery Are you in need of some major denta

Someone I know recently asked his financial advisor to recommend some reasonably safe places to put cash from maturing certificates of deposit. He received several ideas, one of which was to do a buy

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