Health Care

Budget Battles

  • College

    Harvard's Whiny Profs Could Get Obamacare Bonus

    By Dan Mangan, CNBC

    A controversial cost change to their health insurance plans may have some Harvard professors crawling the walls like ivy—but many, if not most of them, could actually end up paying less under the new...

  • Why It Still Pays to Get the Flu Vaccine

    By Kelli B. Grant, CNBC

    Consumers hoping for a healthier, wealthier 2015 may have a tough time with the former, at least—because flu season has arrived with a vengeance. The current outbreak is shaping up to be a rough one...

  • SuperValu, which uses 1.5 billion bags a year at its grocery stores, is retraining its cashiers and baggers to eliminate double-bagging, put more items in each bag and eliminate bags entirely for gallon jugs of milk and other things with handles. Customer

    Why the Calories on Food Labels Are Undercounted

    By Richard Wrangham and Rachel Carmody, The Conversation

    Looks so official and definitive…. FDA Food labels seem to provide all the information a thoughtful consumer needs, so counting calories should be simple. But things get tricky because food labels...

  • Consumers are sounding off about the downside of generic drugs

    When Doctors Have to Play God Over Drug Shortages

    By Philip M. Rosoff, The Conversation

    Four years ago, just before Christmas, my hospital ran out of cytarabine, an essential drug used to treat and cure certain kinds of acute leukemia. This drug was suddenly in short supply across the...

  • Chocolate Chip Cookies

    The Foods You Should Never Eat in 2015

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    It’s resolution time again – and the vast majority of us are hoping to eat better, lose weight, and get in shape in the New Year. Easier said than done. We already know the drill: We certainly know...