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Will health care reform be good for the U.S. economy?
David Gura Jun 28, 2012
Now that the dust has settled on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, it's time to take a closer look at the trickle-down effects of the law.
The health care law's legacy
Dan Gorenstein Jun 25, 2012
Even if the Affordable Care Act is thrown out by the Supreme Court, some changes spurred by the law are here to stay.
Supreme Court announces immigration law ruling
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Jun 25, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down large portions of Arizona's new immigration law. Arizona had argued the Congressional stalemate over immigration left it no choice but to take action. But the Court has invalidated a number of key provisions.
A response from the Relative Value Update Committee
Kai Ryssdal Jun 19, 2012
We did a story last week about health care costs and a part of the American Medical Association called the Relative Value Update Committee -- RUC. The head of the committee responds to the story.
Do Americans support the Affordable Care Act?
Frank Newport Jun 14, 2012
Any day now, the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act will come down. Two years since the act was passed, what do American's think of the reforms?
SCOTUS decision on health care law may spark more options
Robert Reich Jun 13, 2012
Commentator Robert Reich says health insurance lobby could unwittingly revive the "public option."
The world of health-care pricing
Gregory Warner Jun 19, 2012
A committee of the American Medical Association plays an important role in Medicare's setting of prices for medical procedures.
Microsoft makes 'Do Not Track' the default
Jeff Horwich Jun 4, 2012
Advertisers are not amused. In the upcoming version of Windows, Internet Explorer will have its "Do Not Track" feature turned on by default. Goodbye creepy ads that seem to follow you around -- hello, more generic ads for great deals on car insurance?
The mobile Internet economy
Chris Farrell May 31, 2012
The troubled Facebook IPO is casting a pall over high tech (wrongly, I think). The signal moment for the emergence of an even larger digital economy wasn't Facebook. It was Apple's iPad. It's the visible symbol of the rapid embrace of wireless data -- video, images, content, data and communication -- throughout the global economy. A safe forecast: The mobile Internet will transform personal finance.
A new frontier for wireless medical devices?
John Moe May 23, 2012
An FCC vote this week could allocate part of the broadcast spectrum for a new wave of health care technology.
