Bitter Pill: Why High Medical Bills Are Killing Us

In his 38-page TIME magazine special report, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us,” Steven Brill dives into our health care system to understand why things cost so much, avoiding the more traditional question of…

Not Enough Doctors for Baby Boomers

With over 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, there may not be enough doctors to care for them as they age. As Seth Doane reports in this CBS News report, over the next ten years…

Americans are sicker and die younger (with VIDEO)

Being American Is Bad for Your Health By Marty Kaplan, Director, Norman Lear Center and Professor at the USC Annenberg School “Americans are sicker and die younger than people in other wealthy nations.” That stark sentence appears in…