Health Care

Budget Battles

  • Why Your Hospital Bill Is Totally Negotiable

    By David Francis

    Health care pricing information released today show how effective Medicare and private insurance have been at lowering health care costs. They’re paying fractions of what the hospital is charging.

  • The Real Test for Obamacare is 5 Months Away

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    Healthcare reform should be the signature Democratic achievement of President Barack Obama’s presidency. But with "Obamacare" five months from show time, Democrats are worried about whether enough...

  • How Robots Are Changing the Way We Age

    By Julie Halpert, The Fiscal Times

    Robotics is being viewed as a way to help respond to the needs of a fast growing aging population.

  • What Oregon’s Medicaid Study Means for Obamacare

    By Alvin Tran, Kaiser Health News

    Although expanding Medicaid coverage to some low-income Oregon residents substantially improved their mental health and reduced financial strains on them, it didn’t significantly boost their physical...

  • The High Cost of Killing the Next ‘Superbug’

    By Mark Koba, CNBC

    An antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea—now considered a superbug—has some analysts saying that the bacteria's effects could match those of AIDS. "This might be a lot worse than AIDS in the short...