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Food & Drink
The FDA Eyes a Caffeine Crackdown
The FDA has contacted companies, including Mars, Kraft, and PepsiCo, about the use of caffeine in various unlikely foodstuffs -
Health Care
Lights, Camera, Scalpel: Should Surgeries Be Recorded?
Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, says recording operations on video could improve quality. The challenge is getting doctors to agree -
Policy
Obamacare's Small Business Exchanges Get Watered Down
In many states, plans to let small employers offer workers a menu of health plans have been put on hold for a year -
Legislation
For North Dakota's Women, the Closest Abortion Clinic Is a Long Drive
If new laws restricting abortion take effect this summer, North Dakota may become the first state without a dedicated abortion clinic -
Policy
Explaining Obamacare's Baffling Tax Breaks for Small Business
Small employers have been slow to take the law's tax credit for offering health coverage. Accountants blame complicated rules -
Policy
Small Employers Are Clueless About Obamacare
A majority of business owners don't grasp the basics of the law, a new survey suggests -
Benefits
For Obamacare to Work, Small Employers Must Embrace Exchanges
High costs keep many small businesses from offering workers health coverage. Exchanges being set up this year could cut prices—if enough people participate -
Management
In Soda-Ban Battle, Starbucks Beats Mayor Bloomberg
The coffee chain stood by its concoctions before a New York court struck down the city's ban on big, sweet drinks -
Policy
Kansas City Enlists Hackers to Help Simplify Obamacare
The latest government effort to harness the work of hackers yields user-friendly health-care apps -
Policy
Obamacare Offers Low-Wage Workers Coverage. Will They Buy It?
ADP data show how low-wage employees skip coverage as premiums eat up a greater share of their income -
Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose Talks to Harvard's Michael Porter
The Harvard professor and competitiveness guru discusses corralling health-care costs and reanimating the American economy -
Policy
An Unlikely Prescription From Doctors: Less Is More
Medical groups are pushing new guidelines that encourage doctors and patients to avoid common tests and treatments that can be unnecessary or even harmful -
Health Care
For Abortion Pills, You Must 'See' Your Doctor
States enact laws banning webcam consultations to end pregnancies -
Workplace
Working Moms Need More Than Subsidized Breast Pumps
Breast pumps are now covered by health insurers. What's really needed, longer maternity leave, is nowhere in sight -
Economy
Scary Health-Care Statistics on the Broken-Down Boomer Generation
They're in worse shape than the group that came before, and that's bad news for the future cost of health care and disability
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Policy
France's Health-Care System Is Going Broke
Too-generous benefits such as mud baths are being scaled back -
Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose Talks to Harvard's Michael Porter
The Harvard professor and competitiveness guru discusses corralling health-care costs and reanimating the American economy -
Legislation
A Looming U.S. Doctor Shortage
Teaching hospitals say they need $9 billion, or Obamacare will fail -
Health Care
Nurse Practitioners, Handmaidens No More
A shortage of doctors will propel nurses to the front lines of care -
Health Care
Bloomberg Government Insider
Health care in America is changing, no matter how the Supreme Court rules on Obama's overhaul -
Health Care
Obamacare Has Already Transformed U.S. Health Care
Popular consumer benefits are already here, though plenty of bitter pills are yet to come -
Policy
The Affordable Care Act: A Timeline
Obamacare's eight-year march to full implementation -
Health Care
Eleven Alternatives to Obamacare's Individual Mandate
How to get Americans into health-care plans if part of the law gets struck down -
Legislation
Medicare and Medicaid Must Be Cut. Period
To get a deal, Obama could look to Paul Ryan's ideas -
Health Care
Mandatory Health Insurance: The Case For, and Against
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if Congress has the power to require the purchase of health insurance. Two federal appeals courts have examined the question and came to opposing conclusions -
Health Care
For Abortion Pills, You Must 'See' Your Doctor
States enact laws banning webcam consultations to end pregnancies -
Health Care
Wal-Mart Workers' Black Friday Strike
A wave of strikes fueled by low wages and rising health-care premiums is set to expand just as holiday shopping begins, when Wal-Mart most needs its employees -
Policy
The Doctor Will Skype You Now
Telemedicine connects patients with specialists in rural Georgia -
Health Care
Health-Care Economies of Scale
Obama's innovation center looks to the private sector to discover new cost savings -
Health Care
The High Price of Nickel-and-Diming Doctors
Slashing physicians' Medicare payments raises the price of care
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Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose Talks to Harvard's Michael Porter
The Harvard professor and competitiveness guru discusses corralling health-care costs and reanimating the American economy -
Policy
France's Health-Care System Is Going Broke
Too-generous benefits such as mud baths are being scaled back -
Health Care
The High Price of Nickel-and-Diming Doctors
Slashing physicians' Medicare payments raises the price of care -
Health Care
Nurse Practitioners, Handmaidens No More
A shortage of doctors will propel nurses to the front lines of care -
Health Care
Hospitals Chase Medicare's Performance-Based Bonuses
Based in part on patient surveys, almost $1 billion in bonus payments are available -
Policy
An Unlikely Prescription From Doctors: Less Is More
Medical groups are pushing new guidelines that encourage doctors and patients to avoid common tests and treatments that can be unnecessary or even harmful -
Policy
Kansas City Enlists Hackers to Help Simplify Obamacare
The latest government effort to harness the work of hackers yields user-friendly health-care apps
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Legislation
For North Dakota's Women, the Closest Abortion Clinic Is a Long Drive
If new laws restricting abortion take effect this summer, North Dakota may become the first state without a dedicated abortion clinic -
Health Care
Wanted: Obamacare Death Panelists
It won't be easy to find people willing to serve on Obamacare's controversial Independent Payment Advisory Board
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