Connie Cass

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  High hospital bills go public, but will it help?

  By Connie Cass, Lauran Neergaard  |  May 9, 2013

  Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times as much at one hospital as at another across the country? It's a mystery, federal health officials say.

• Over the fiscal cliff

  By Connie Cass  |  December 26, 2012

  Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House Speaker John Boehner declared.

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  Voters headline town hall-style debates

  By Connie Cass  |  October 15, 2012

  The every-four-years ritual of a national "town hall" style debate began as a nerve-racking experiment in live television. Moderator Carole Simpson was so nervous about turning over the microphone to regular folks and their questions that she spent days mapping out the presidential candidates and their issues on "a zillion...

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  Who are Mitt Romney’s 47 percent?

  By Connie Cass  |  September 20, 2012

  Just which 47 percent of Americans was Mitt Romney talking about? It's hard to say. He lumped together three different ways of sorting people in what he's called less-than-elegant remarks.

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  Who’s going to pay for health reform’s taxes?

  By Connie Cass  |  August 9, 2012

  Who gets thumped by higher taxes in President Barack Obama's health care law?

• Health care options for young, healthy and broke

  By Connie Cass  |  July 10, 2012

  They're young, healthy and flat broke — and now the government says they have to buy thousands of dollars' worth of medical insurance. What should tapped-out twentysomethings do?

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  Obama win could cost Romney $5 million in personal taxes

  By Connie Cass  |  June 4, 2012

  To see where the presidential candidates stand on taxing the rich, just look at how they'd tax themselves. Under his own proposal, Mitt Romney would pay half what he would under President Barack Obama's tax plan. For a man of Romney's means, that could save almost $5 million a year.

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  Court weighs making health coverage a fact of life

  By Connie Cass  |  March 27, 2012

  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 Supreme Court says no.

• America's health care reform through history

  By Connie Cass  |  March 23, 2012

  The three days of arguments beginning before the Supreme Court on Monday may mark a turning point in a century of debate over what role the government should play in helping all Americans afford medical care. A look at the issue through the years

• How-tos of offshore accounts: first, get a million

  By Connie Cass  |  February 13, 2012

  Look for legal ways to pare taxes. Here it gets complicated. For corporations, foundations, pension funds and others, controversial offshore maneuvers can help defer or avoid some taxes.