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Health care, fiscal cliff still raising questions post-election
Dan Gorenstein Nov 9, 2012
Now that President Barack Obama has been re-elected, it's time to get to work. Two pressing issues: moving forward with the Affordable Care Act and the looming fiscal cliff.
Marketing Obamacare to the masses
Dan Gorenstein Nov 7, 2012
With the health care laws a sure thing, insurers are readying their sales pitches.
Hospitals cash in on patient satisfaction
Dan Gorenstein Oct 22, 2012
Under the new healthcare law, hospitals can be rewarded for improving patient care.
Twitter blocks its first account and hospitals get more malware
David Brancaccio Oct 19, 2012
Twitter blocks its first account officially, Google has a bad quarter and a new Chromebook, the emergency room has a virus.
Former health care executive pushes critical film
Blake Farmer Oct 1, 2012
A documentary critical of the health care industry has an unlikely benefactor -- a Tennessee entrepreneur who made his money as a health care executive.
The booming new profession of patient advocate
Stacey Vanek Smith Sep 28, 2012
As the health care system gets more complex, more people are turning to patient advocates for help.
Knee replacement surgeries double
Jeff Horwich Sep 26, 2012
In recent years Americans have been replacing their knees at an remarkable rate.
Health care spending grows 4% after downward trend
David Gura Sep 25, 2012
Study finds growth in healthcare spending has reversed its post-recession slump.
Moving from very poor neighborhoods improves health
Mary Harris Sep 20, 2012
Researchers have found that while moving out of poorer neighborhoods improves a person's health and general happiness, moving to a better-off region did not improve families' income.
Alabama on the fence about taking money for Medicaid
Gigi Douban Sep 18, 2012
Alabama joins a slew of lawmakers who are ambivalent about taking funds from the Fed to cover the millions more people who will become eligible for Medicaid under Obamacare.
