
Money & Medicine
Money and Medicine tackles the challenges of containing runaway health care spending.
Money and Medicine tackles the challenges of containing runaway health care spending.
When is it appropriate to use every available medical technology to extend life at all costs? When is it time to withdraw aggressive or invasive medical care? And, when does it make sense to opt for palliative or hospice care?
Since every dollar of so-called unnecessary spending is a dollar of income to a health care provider, reigning in health care spending is much more easily said than done. We examine this pressing medical, ethical, and financial challenge by examining the way we treat America’s number one killer, heart disease.
An intimate look at how changing demographics are reshaping the political landscape of America.
Looking ahead to next week’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, we report on the effort by Dems to carry the state of Ohio.