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UK may allow IVF for older women, same-sex couples
A powerful health advisory agency says Britain should extend free fertility treatments to women up to age 42 as well as same-sex couples, ...
Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims
Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year. State Farm ...
Cheaper gas not enough to boost summer driving
Cheaper gas won't be enough to get many more Americans on the road this summer. They're still too worried about their jobs and the economy.
Women ponder how they became a campaign issue
Wanda Ramey stood on the University of Colorado campus, cane in one hand, "Close The Pay Gap" sign in the other. The rally for equal pay among women ...
APNewsBreak: Suspect billings at 2,600 drugstores
Medicare paid $5.6 billion to 2,600 pharmacies with questionable billings, including a Kansas drugstore that submitted more than 1,000 prescriptions ...
Pay boost for doctors treating low-income patients
The Obama administration is announcing a pay raise for primary care doctors who treat low-income patients. But it may not last long. The boost under ...
GOP rival hopes to end Indiana Sen. Lugar's career
Republican Richard Lugar has shown through a lengthy Senate career that he can broker compromises on international and domestic issues, and avoid the ...
Feds to put up $1.9B for Oregon health overhaul
The Obama administration is buying into an ambitious health care initiative in Oregon, announcing Thursday it has tentatively agreed to chip in $1.
Minn. AG cites Accretive for debt tactics
An Illinois medical debt collection company routinely pressured patients in Minnesota hospitals to pay for services before treatment was given, going ...
Report: Women's lower status risk for Asian future
The 2 billion women living in Asia are still paid less than men for similar work and are extremely underrepresented in top leadership positions, even ...
Inflation poses big problems for small businesses
Don't be misled by reports that inflation is tame. For small business owners, it's a threat to profits and expansion plans. An 8 percent increase in ...
GOP wants to cut food stamps in deficit-trim drive
Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps as they piece together legislation to trim $261 billion from the federal budget ...
Recess fight over GOP budget preview of fall races
Freshman Republican Rep. Joe Heck sees no reason to back down after voting for a Republican budget plan that combines deep spending cuts in safety-net ...
Drivers to pay 6 pct more for gas this summer
U.S. drivers will pay an average of 24 cents more per gallon for gasoline during this summer's travel season, the government said Tuesday.
School vouchers prompt court fights in US
Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to ...
Prenatal care debate divides Nebraska Republicans
The issues of illegal immigration and abortion have split Nebraska's Republican-dominated politics, with some conservatives supporting a plan to offer ...
FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama gloss over realities
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of inflicting a "government takeover of health care" on ...
Divorce expo a counterpoint to wedding industry
Liz Slayback can trace her decision to pursue a divorce to a precise, painful moment. "I knew my marriage was over and the divorce proceedings were ...
High court has options on health care law
The arguments are done and the case has been submitted, as Chief Justice John Roberts says at the end of every Supreme Court argument. Now the ...
Dems, GOP lawmakers sell budgets back home
Republicans and Democrats are selling their budget plans back home as models for how they would run Washington if they win the November elections.
It's OK to get a tax refund if you don't blow it
Getting a big tax refund is supposed to make you feel guilty. Financial planners say it means you've had too much withheld from your paychecks.
Court weighs making health coverage a fact of life
Death, taxes and now health insurance? Having a medical plan or else paying a fine is about to become another certainty of American life, unless the ...
Banks see an opportunity in Africa
For Princess Moyo, who lives in a shack in a Johannesburg settlement infamous for poverty and crime, the bank account she opened several months ago ...
Insurers speed health care overhaul preparations
The nation's big insurers are spending millions to carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even though there's a chance the ...