Healthcare

Oncology experts say advances in cancer drugs have played a major role.

During last year’s season, an estimated 80,000 people died.

In some hospitals, you could pay thousands of dollars just to sit in the waiting room.

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced Thursday that it’s going to acquire another drugmaker, Celgene. The deal is worth about $74 billion. The combined company will have nine products with sales of more than a billion dollars a year, including some blockbuster cancer drugs. The merger is a sign that Big Pharma is betting big on cancer medications. […]

Caring for the elderly is expensive for insurers and for families.

Use it or lose it? Make sure you take advantage of every dollar.

The ads tell the story as Democrats and Republicans work to ease voters' fears about pre-existing conditions.

The ads tell the story as Democrats and Republicans work to ease voters' fears about pre-existing conditions.

The Consumer Price Index tracks the average price change over time for a “basket”  of goods and services. The CPI takes into account things like food, transportation and health care. If the CPI goes up, that’s considered an indication that the inflation rate is rising. But when the Federal Reserve calculates the inflation rate, it […]