Health care

The Affordable Care Act's PR push is gearing up for prime time.

The public can search a database for prices for 100 common procedures at every hospital in the country, opening a window onto price differences.

You wouldn't dream of buying a new laptop without comparing prices -- why should health care be any different? The government is releasing new data about what hospitals charge in various places for medical procedures, and the prices vary widely.

Health care costs have been rising at a slower rate for the last four years. Why? Hint: The answer is not the recession.

China’s government has spent more than $125 billion on securing coverage for 95 percent of the country, but big problems remain. China remains a place where out-of-pocket costs can equal a year’s salary and where underpaid doctors expect a bribe before they perform surgery on you.

In Oregon, researchers followed 10,000 new enrollees in Medicaid. They used more health care services, but had more to spend on other necessities.

Millions of Californians will be eligible for healthcare under the new law, and lots of them know nothing about it.

Many believe genetics are the next big thing in medicine, but one question for this new era of personalized medicine is cost.

Obama's proposal to recalculate the rate of inflation hurts seniors who spend more on health care than the rest of us.