Legacy Topic: Health Care
Inside the economics of the delivery room
by
Gigi Douban
May 26, 2014
New guidelines for doctors urge fewer C-sections and more natural births.
Biometric underwear helps monitor the sick
May 23, 2014
Briefs that keep tabs on heart rate, breathing and activity levels.
Turns out, shame and fear don't fight cancer
May 21, 2014
What we can learn from one clinic's experiment with mammogram "marketing".
Health insurers pull back the curtain on pricing
by
Annie Baxter
May 16, 2014
If consumers decide to avoid excessively costly procedures, that helps insurers.
One piece of healthcare jargon worth knowing
May 14, 2014
There are more than 600 ACOs up and running across the country.
Medicaid's new patients: healthier, and maybe cheaper
May 9, 2014
It may be less expensive for states to expand Medicaid than previously estimated.
What would you ask about Obamacare?
May 8, 2014
What would people in the health care business want to ask Sylvia Burwell?
For public good, not for profit.
Shelf vs. Script: Why Merck's offloading allergy pills
May 6, 2014
Turns out prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs are two very different businesses.
Hospitals save money by doing surgery for free
by
Adam Ragusea
May 6, 2014
Some hospitals have come up with a counterintuitive way to save money: offer minor surgery for free.
Health care for foster youth, if they can find it
May 1, 2014
Those who've aged out of foster care get Medicaid until age 26.