Members of Generation X, or those born between 1965 and 1981, may be the group of consumers who actually do prod the health-care system into changing its ways. See the rest here:  Go Slackers! Will Gen X Lead the Way to Health Care Change?  Read More →

Mercer analyzed data from its annual survey of employer health plans and found that only 38% of retailers don’t have potential problems under three requirements of the new law. More here:  Study: Retailers Likely to Face Big Health Overhaul Challenges  Read More →

Under health-care overhaul legislation, failure to buy the mandated insurance coverage means penalties, and now we have an official estimate of how many people might be affected. The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that about 4 million people... 

Global pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow by an average of 5% to 8% annually over the next five years, with drugs to treat cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and HIV projected to outpace the market, according to IMS Health . The market research... 

UnitedHealth Group and Walgreens say they’re teaming up with the YMCA on a program that will reimburse pharmacists and lifestyle coaches to help insured patients prevent and control diabetes. The program, which will be announced Wednesday at the CDC... 

During the health-care debate, the impact of medical malpractice suits was controversial, with the Republicans saying it was a key part of the escalating cost issue and the Democrats saying, not so much. For its part, the CBO estimated tort-law changes... 

The CBO says three or four million people would enroll in the new, government-backed insurance plan created by the Senate health-care bill . That low figure isn’t terribly surprising. CBO said about six million people would enroll in the public... 

The numbers are starting to come out on the health bill crafted by Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid and they appear to hit the main targets set by President Obama. Here are early highlights: The bill would cost $849 billion over the next decade, according... 

There aren’t enough bodies to go around for everyone who needs a steady supply of cadavers for training and experiments. That shortage is helping turn the process of procuring cadavers into a functioning market, says a Harvard professor. Most cadavers... 

Rising medical costs, higher unemployment and a rapidly aging population are putting the health-care system under tremendous financial strain. This all sounds close to home but a story in today’s WSJ says those problems are confronting health care...