Health Costs

When Federal Employees Decide Your Family's Medical Treatment

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics


Kathleen Reardon

Medical costs must come down. But as we've learned with business bailouts, better to do it right early on, to anticipate abuse, than to be digging our way out of a mess for years to come.

Something Other Than The Financial Crisis: Children Are "Orphans of Medicine."

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Living


Deane Waldman

Would you like to think about something, anything, other than the financial crisis or the election? I know I would. Let's talk about the real future ...

Ready or Not, Big Change is Coming: The Impending Death Of Private Health Insurance

John Geyman | Posted 06.26.2008 | Living


John Geyman

Most of us have by now heard many indictments of private health insurance. What's new and may be surprising to many people is this: despite its size and political power, it is a dying industry.