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The US is on the verge of a devastating, but avoidable doctor shortage
In 1997, President Bill Clinton was coming off a convincing reelection effort and presiding over a booming economy. Tax revenues were surging, and the federal budget deficit was falling. During the preceding two years, the annual deficit had s...
The midlife crisis is getting worse
The way my mom imagined it, midlife was going to be great: counting down days until retirement, spending winters in Florida and checking off destinations on her bucket list. But it hasn’t turned out that way.
Instead of more time spent in Florida, sh...
Prices of the most common prescription drugs nearly doubled in less than a decade
The one issue most Americans can agree on is that the price of prescription drugs are out of control.
An analysis from researchers at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, found that 48 out of 4...