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Health care
Poverty numbers among elderly rise
Nov 17, 2011
Higher health care costs could be what's pushing more of the elderly into poverty.
Higher premiums for unhealthy lifestyles
Nov 17, 2011
More employers are charging overweight workers or those who smoke more for health insurance.
The Supreme Court takes up health care reform
Nov 14, 2011
It will decide whether it's legal to force people to buy health insurance. Big and small businesses hang in the balance.
Animated Short: The Amazing Health Care Arms Race
Sep 13, 2011
At the crossroads of our national debate about jobs and our national debate about health care debt...
Is the (fictional) city of Hobbs. Its ...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Berkshire loses an heir, Microsoft takes on Google
Mar 31, 2011
Here are today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and around the web....
Recession slows health care spending in 2009
Jan 5, 2011
The recession had a big impact on health care spending, according to new statistics from the federal government....
For public good, not for profit.
Health care industry in limbo as Republicans target health care reform law
Jan 4, 2011
The health care industry is hanging in limbo - and part of that has to do with the political changes this week in Washington....
Federal court questions health reform's "individual mandate"
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Kai Ryssdal
Dec 13, 2010
This final note, which to be honest, would have been higher in the program if it weren't just one more step in a long legal process. A federal...
Ben Franklin and Big Pharma
Nov 23, 2010
The history of medicine isn't just a story about science. It's also a story about money. A history of economic instruments, tried and perfected, ...