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Senate Turns to Partisan Fight over Student Loans
WASHINGTON — The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over federal student loans, and both sides are starting out by pounding away at each...
Republicans Against Markets
There was a time, about thirty years ago, when I worked as a freelance writer. The work was plentiful, but the peripherals were lousy–especially when it came to...
Morning Must Reads: Rules
The specter of a spring stall emerges from Friday’s growth report. Recession is part of the story, but health care inflation is slowing. Apple shows that there...
White House Threatens to Veto Student Loan Bill
The White House threatened a veto Friday of a Republican bill keeping the interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this summer, objecting that the...
Would You Buy Health Insurance at Costco?
Sure, warehouse clubs are great for picking up pallets of bottled water and giant tubs of ranch dressing. But would you turn to one for your health insurance?...
Photo Essays
Obama Signs the Health Care Bill
The President codifies the new legislation at a White House ceremony Photographs by Brooks Kraft for TIME
Brooklyn's All-Volunteer Ambulance Corps
The Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps provides emergency medical services in a community that is underserved by the health care industry. Now it has...
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Top 10 Knockdown Congressional Battles
After more than a year of debate, the Obama Administration is on the cusp of signing its health care overhaul into law. Think that legislative battle was a...
5 Things to Watch at Obama's Health Care Summit
The much-anticipated bipartisan gathering will be a political show, but it still may affect the prospects for health reform. Here are key things to watch as the...
Articles from Around the Web
How doctors, patients do harm
Just how broken is the United States health care system? Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, paints a grim picture in his new book'' How...
Gov.: RI recognizing out- of- state gay marriages
Rhode Island's governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance ...
As U. S. argues over health care, nations embrace global coverage
Many political leaders around the world also have concluded that creating a system of universal health care is crucial to remaining competitive and sustaining economic growth. ...
Retiree Health- Care Costs Surge
A 65-year-old couple retiring in 2012 will spend at least $240,000 in health-care costs during their retirement. We offer guidance. ...
