Legacy Topic: Health Care

As the American population ages and insurers try to rein in costs, the share of health and medical costs that retirees can expect to shoulder is becoming more formidable.

There have been seven cases of type B meningitis at the university since March.

Besides the physical and emotional strains of caring for an elderly parent, there are the financial effects.

The security implications for the botched ACA exchange rollout.

Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year by failing to rein in doctors who routinely give patients pricey name-brand drugs when cheaper generic alternatives are available.

Walmart has signaled that the ACA requirement that most Americans either carry insurance or pay a penalty could hurt sales.

A new analysis by ProPublica finds that many doctors in the U.S. prescribe brand-name drugs to Medicare patients when generics can be dramatically cheaper -- and it's costing taxpayers hundreds of millions a year.

Health insurers have spent millions retooling their business plan in order to function under the ACA.

Health insurance companies are trying to adapt after the president announced a policy reversal to let people with cancelled policies keep their insurance.

For Obamacare to work, the "young invincibles" need to sign up. And, so far, they're not.