Two-thirds of the Preferred Provider Organizations on the HealthCare.Gov site have been removed or scaled back this year, in a cost-saving move that leaves many consumers unable to continue care with their existing providers. In Dallas and across Texas, some institutions are entirely shut out of the health care exchange. (The Dallas Morning News)

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Madlin Mekelburg was a reporting fellow for the Tribune in 2015 and 2016. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied journalism and French. Madlin previously worked at the...