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Most of us don't have $300 million to leave behind when we pass on. But for those who do, it's no surprise when there's a fight over their wills. And when they leave most of their estate to charities and caretakers instead of family members? Bring on the trusts and estates lawyers. -
If they can storm enemy beaches, they certainly won't let a little barricade - or even a government shutdown - stand in their way. -
Americans don't want the government shuttered to block Obamacare, and they lay blame for the shutdown on Republicans, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released on Oct. 1. -
By Phil Galewitz, for Kaiser Health News. This KHN story was produced in collaboration with McClatchy. -
Within 10 years, there will be a billion people 60 and older on the planet, up from about 600 million today. By 2030, there will be more people over 60 than under 10. Welcome to the brave, old world. -
Buying dietary supplements online is easy and popular, but using Reumofan, a Mexican product marketed online to relieve arthritis and joint pain, can cause dangerous side effects, including liver injury, internal bleeding, stroke and death, the government warns. -
You may not think of Social Security as an economic stimulus program, but it is. -
You might not be familiar with the tax on medical devices - pacemakers, artificial joints and the like - that's emerged as an unlikely issue in the battle over a government shutdown. Here's a primer.
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There's a lot to understand about the health insurance marketplace that opens on Oct. 1 - not to mention the Affordable Care Act (or "Obamacare"), which created it. But if you're on Medicare, there's really nothing to be confused about. -
Funny, I don't recall that sweater being monogrammed. That's what I thought last fall when I unpacked a box of cold-weather clothing that I'd stowed away in the attic the previous spring. Sure enough, my favorite blue sweater wasn't monogrammed, though moths had done a pretty good job of carving…