Health Care

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  • Will Obamacare Woes Impact Health Care Stocks?

    By Jeff Cox, CNBC

    Political embarrassment over Obamacare has not spilled over into the markets yet, but it could if matters continue to worsen. At this point, the Affordable Care Act, as it is more formally known,...

  • Why Halloween Really Stinks

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Halloween candy is just an arm’s length away virtually everywhere we turn, even at doctors’ offices. Usually we can smell it before we even see it – an olfactory reality that many a retail outlet has...

  • Obama Breaks Promise As Many Lose Health Coverage

    By Eric Pianin

    The news that more than half a million Americans from California to Florida are being dropped from their private health insurance plans and forced to purchase new policies through the Affordable Care...

  • Escalating costs are forcing medical schools to grapple with teaching about the financial side of their profession.

    5 Ways New Doctors Can Improve Their Bedside Manner

    By Futurity Org, Futurity

    Doctors-in-training don’t introduce themselves to hospital patients often enough and rarely sit down to talk eye-to-eye, despite research suggesting that courtesy at the bedside improves both medical...

  • SNL Sebelius Spoof

    GOP Wants Sebelius to Answer for Obamacare Rollout

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    Republicans are stepping up their pressure on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as she gears up to testify before Congress this week on Obamacare’s botched rollout. Sen. John...