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Saving more, another common prescription for fixing the 401(k), has its downside too. That's because of another unpleasant quirk of the 401(k), which was mentioned earlier: the older you are, the riskier a 401(k) gets. That's because contributions make up a very big part of...
What does this mean for our current health system? Some would call for the stop of such underperforming treatments, and this is not so unreasonable. Consider the complications that can result from surgery, and the antibiotic resistance that can develop from an improperly administered regimen—especially if the...
Cross points out that the economically distressed area's drug activity - from marijuana grown in the national forest to methamphetamines and prescription drugs found elsewhere - is often intermingled with political corruption and that "in the last several years, the Justice Department has won indictments and convictions of officials and other...
Snowe's most provocative contribution to the health-care debate has been her proposal for a trigger that would activate a Medicare-like, government-run public option to provide affordable coverage if private insurance companies failed to. "It would be a safety net, a fallback mechanism," she says, arguing that...
But while anxiety about the economy has led some women to become more strict about their birth control use, the recession has forced others to take more risk. Among women who use birth control pills, 18% reported skipping pills, skipping months or waiting to get a prescription filled in order...