by DeJonique Garrison & Hayat Norimine | Oct 10, 2012 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – A report by a health care advocacy group released Wednesday found that the Medicare program could save up to $100 billion in the next 10 years with proper restructuring, including minimizing unnecessary hospital admissions The Medicare Part A Trust Fund,...
by Kimiteru Tsuruta | Aug 20, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Although most of the health care debate has centered on medical care, many Americans are ending up in emergency rooms with severe tooth abscesses as federal and state governments struggle to expand access to dental care, according to a recent report. In...
by Meghan Schiller | Aug 16, 2012 | Education, Science + Technology
Julia Child’s kitchen is the main ingredient to a new food exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Child donated her famous Cambridge, Mass., kitchen to the Washington museum in 2001 and on to celebrate what would have been Child’s...
by Simone Del Rosario | Aug 7, 2012 | Education, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — The population of Americans younger than 18 has grown in the last decade, but federal spending on children declined in 2011 for the first time since the early 1980s. The situation in Texas is even more severe, according to research and advocacy groups...
by Kevin Wang | Aug 6, 2012 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Large U.S. companies are expecting to pay more for their employees’ health care benefits in 2013, according to a survey released Monday. Meanwhile, many are adjusting to comply with the new health care law. Companies are projecting an average...
by Jenna Barnes | Aug 2, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act requires states to maintain eligibility requirements for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program through 2019. But Gov. Rick Perry and the Republican Governors Association oppose the provision, and some...
