Health care

The president said prices could be lowered as much as 30 percent.

The president said prices could be lowered as much as 30 percent.

Retail pharmacies and grocery stores are trying to entice people to get the flu shot in their store with discounts and gift cards in the hopes of gaining long term customers.

Retail pharmacies and grocery stores are trying to entice people to get the flu shot in their store with discounts and gift cards in the hopes of gaining long term customers.

It's "really about returning excess profits," a Kaiser Family Foundation executive says.

Costs are often indirect, such as not being able to work.

The trade agreement reached over the weekend between the U.S., Canada and Mexico includes longer intellectual property protection periods for the expensive class of drugs known as biologics.

Drug companies can get creative with doctor incentives, and that can be problematic.

John Hancock is the latest insurer to offer policies with discounted premiums if policyholders agree to be monitored.