Legacy Topic: Health Care

The diagnostic mental health bible comes out this weekend and as doctors' manuals go, it's high profile and big money.

The Affordable Care Act's PR push is gearing up for prime time.

An expansion of Medicaid is supposed to cover more of the working poor. But Republican-led states have been opting out and outlying areas in states like Tennessee may be the hardest hit.

The public can search a database for prices for 100 common procedures at every hospital in the country, opening a window onto price differences.

You wouldn't dream of buying a new laptop without comparing prices -- why should health care be any different? The government is releasing new data about what hospitals charge in various places for medical procedures, and the prices vary widely.

Health care costs have been rising at a slower rate for the last four years. Why? Hint: The answer is not the recession.

Viagra is one of the most-counterfeited drugs on the web, and Pfizer's latest effort to tackle that issue is a first.

In Oregon, researchers followed 10,000 new enrollees in Medicaid. They used more health care services, but had more to spend on other necessities.

The new health care law requires individuals to carry health insurance beginning next year, or pay a small fine. Behavioral economists say even a little punishment may go a long way to get people to sign up.

Millions of Californians will be eligible for healthcare under the new law, and lots of them know nothing about it.