Legacy Topic: Health Care
Why the medical testing biz is like Gucci handbags
Jan 15, 2014
You'd think with millions of new patients coming in that lab owners would be drooling over their microscopes.
Obamacare stats show some young folks signed up
Jan 13, 2014
The federal government announced that nearly 2 million people enrolled for health insurance through the federal and state exchanges in December.
The religious alternative to Obamacare
Jan 10, 2014
An exemption in the Affordable Care Act lets people keep their faith-based alternative without penalties.
We've come a long way, baby
Jan 8, 2014
50 years ago this week, the Surgeon General of the United States issued a report that linked smoking to lung cancer. A look at how that affected the industry and where we are now.
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Obamacare backlog: Walgreen's offers month of drugs
by
Amy Scott
Jan 3, 2014
Several pharmacies are offering to provide drugs to folks who've signed up for ACA -- even if their coverage hasn't kicked in yet.
How Obamacare will change the emergency room
Jan 2, 2014
The Affordable Care Act is supposed to give more people access to primary care doctors, getting them into treatment early.
The push to educate the newly insured
Jan 1, 2014
Getting health insurance is akin to waking up to a new car in your garage, but not necessarily knowing how to drive. And consumers will be the first ones to tell you, there’s a lot to learn about health insurance.
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Doctors brace for Obamacare patients
Dec 31, 2013
The medical industry is busy with last-minute preparations as millions of new patients sign up for health insurance;
In prison you get health care. When you're released ...
Dec 30, 2013
At last count, the nation was spending $6.5 billion a year treating mental illness, substance abuse and chronic conditions in prisons.
Over a million sign up for Obamacare, mostly in December
by
David Gura
Dec 30, 2013
More than a million people signed up for health insurance between October 1 and December 24