Legacy Topic: Health Care
Designing battlefield technology to save lives
by
Molly Wood
Feb 5, 2014
Usually the technology of war is focused on destroying life, but one start up is working on inventions to save it.
How Obamacare will shrink the workforce
by
David Gura
Feb 4, 2014
The Congressional Budget Office says some folks will stop working altogether, while others will work fewer hours
How healthcare reform aims to control healthcare inflation
Feb 4, 2014
The new health insurance markets should moderate healthcare costs.
Americans who have bought Obamacare are getting a good deal
Jan 30, 2014
Some 3 million Americans have bought health insurance through a state or federal exchanges. According to a new report, contrary to many initial concerns, consumers might actually be getting a pretty good deal.
State of the Union: Fact-checking Obama on the ACA
Jan 29, 2014
President Obama said last night that 9 million Americans have signed up for health care. Did they?
Court ruling could clear up some Obamacare confusion
by
Amy Scott
Jan 27, 2014
A new study says more than half of Americans are fuzzy on the deadline for signing up for health insurance.
Rural Americans have fewer - and costlier - healthcare options
by
Gigi Douban
Jan 23, 2014
Under the ACA, folks in rural towns seem to have the fewest healthcare choices. And they cost more to boot.
For public good, not for profit.
The promise and pitfalls of expanded Medicaid
by
David Gura
Jan 23, 2014
Under the Affordable Care Act, many states have made it easier to get Medicaid, a move that will affect cities, experts say.
Who's enrolling for health insurance? Not the uninsured
Jan 20, 2014
Our health reporter Dan Gorenstein looks at why it matters.
Desperate patients smuggle prescription drugs from Mexico
Jan 20, 2014
Physicians and law enforcement are tracking a relatively new trend -- U.S. patients smuggling of prescription medicine in bulk from Mexico.