Budget Office Again Reduces Its Estimate on Cost of the Affordable Care Act
By ROBERT PEAR
Slower growth in health spending helps consumers and businesses, which shoulder most of the costs, and contributes to lower federal budget deficits.
The Upshot
A Roadmap for How Many People Could Lose Their Health Insurance
By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
The number of uninsured Americans will probably rise by about eight million in 2016 if the Supreme Court rules for the King plaintiffs.
The Upshot
More Good News on the Deficit, This Time Because of Private Insurance Health Premiums
By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
Federal budget forecasters lowered estimates of what the government will spend on health insurance premiums, months after doing the same for Medicare.
The Upshot
In Forecasting Health Costs, Let Technology Be Your Guide
By AUSTIN FRAKT
The ability to sustain lower growth in costs will depend in large part on how investments in health care technology are encouraged.
Some Supreme Court Justices Cite 2012 Argument Against Health Care Law as Defense for It Now
By ROBERT PEAR
Several justices indicated that they could uphold part of the Affordable Care Act by invoking principles that the court cited to criticize the law in a different case.
A Mishap Sheds Light on an Ebola Vaccine
By DENISE GRADY
After he jabbed himself with a needle last year on an Ebola ward in Sierra Leone, Dr. Lewis Rubinson became the first person to receive an experimental vaccine.
Last Known Ebola Patient in Liberia Is Discharged
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
Beatrice Yardolo lost two sons and a daughter to the disease, but she gave thanks to God as she returned home to the rest of her family.
Solicitor General Will Try, Again, to Keep Health Care Law Alive
By ADAM LIPTAK
As Donald B. Verrilli Jr. returns to the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning to defend the health law, he has reason to be nervous. His defense of the law in 2012 drew harsh reviews.
The Upshot
The Supreme Court Has the Power to Deepen a National Health Divide
By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
One goal of Obamacare was uniformity, but the court could effectively make health care access more unequal than ever before.
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Challenge to Health Overhaul Puts Obscure Think Tank in Spotlight
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The Upshot: Even With an Unfavorable Court Ruling, Much of Obamacare Would Live On
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Back to School, Though Not Back to Normal, in a Liberia Still Fearful of Ebola
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White House Plans No Rescue if Court Guts Health Care Law
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In Health Law Case, Plaintiffs Dislike Rules on Purchases and Penalties
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Charlotte Spiegel, 92, Dies; Created New York’s Window Guard Program
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Three States and Two Tribes to Get $27 Million to Fight Childhood Hunger
Safety of Herbal Supplements Pulls Prosecutors Together
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No Cure for Bad Timing
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Keeping Your Hair in Chemo
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A Time to Avoid Anxiety Drugs
March 9, 2015
The Far-Reaching Effects of a Fall
March 9, 2015
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Ebola-Stricken Countries Lagged in Health Systems
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
According to Save the Children, it would have cost $1.6 billion to bring health -care up to minimum standards in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
Global Health
India Begins Campaign to Eliminate Elephantiasis
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The hope is to hand out free pills once a year to 400 million Indians at risk of the disease, which disfigures limbs.
Global Health
Food Habits Getting Worse Around the World
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Some poor and middle-income countries with relatively healthy diets are being targeted by Western food companies with increased advertising.
Global Health
Research Finds a Reason Leprosy Has Persisted
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The bacteria that causes the disease can survive for months in amoebae that are common even in human eyes and noses, Colorado State scientists found.
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