President Barack Obama has set aside $634 billion in a reserve fund to address changes in the health care system, The New York Times reports. About half of that fund will come from proposed cost savings in Medicare, Medicaid and other health

President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time last night to lay out what he's done over the last 30 days or so and what he will do later this week. He also touched on some longer term goals. The agenda,

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One last thought: Why does transparency only get thrown at the insurance industry? When will we hold the providers to that same standard? Let's open the books of general practitioners, surgeons and emergency rooms.