The Affordable Care Act was overturned Friday night (Dec. 14) by a federal judge in Texas, who declared it unconstitutional in light of recent changes to the US tax code.
While the decision is expected to move on to the US ...
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The most important job in the world is one no one wants anymore
This story is part of What Happens Next, our complete guide to understanding the future. Read more predictions about the Future of Aging.
A lot of caregiving policy feels like it was written in the 1950s—because...
When it comes to longevity, we should look to the East, not the West
This story is part of What Happens Next, our complete guide to understanding the future. Read more predictions about the Future of Aging.
The longevity era has arrived—and it looks different to your grandparents’ generation.
If you’re 65 ...
The most screwed-up employee perk in America (and the man who just might fix it)
The last time Atul Gawande started a company, he named it after a Greek myth.
Ariadne Labs, based in Boston, Massachusetts—where Gawande also works as a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and teaches at Harvard—has been trying since 2012 to innovate in an area that has historically resisted innovat...
The US now has more than 56.7 million freelance workers—and they vote
Freelancers are on the rise. And they’re rising up.
A new report from Freelancers Union and Upwork estimates that there are now 56.7 million Americans freelancers, an increase of 3.7 million in the past five years.
“The s...
The future of work will raise difficult questions. Are we prepared to confront them?
On a hot day last May, entrepreneurs from all over the world packed themselves into a warehouse event space just off of New York City’s FDR highway for TechCrunch Disrupt. Half trade show, half Shark Tank–style pitch competition, Disrupt is a tri-annual gathering where s...
Walmart is the next big company looking to get into health insurance
The world’s biggest company wants a slice of one of the world’s biggest industries.
Walmart is in talks to buy health insurer Humana, the Wall Street Journal reported (paywall). The retailer’s move into health care would be massive—Humana has a market c...
Donald Trump rolls back rules on birth control coverage for women
Under the Affordable Care Act, preventive services are supposed to be free of charge to employees and their dependents.
