Robert Reischauer

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  Forget Marcus Welby

  By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer  |  September 4, 2012

  As PPACA increases demand for primary care services, physicians are demanding time to smell the roses.

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  A Welcome Let-Up in Health Costs That May Not Last

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  June 19, 2012

  Health care spending has eased up recently, bringing a welcome respite for government and corporate budgets. But experts who track health care's economic indicators disagree on what the future holds.

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  Poor Economy Worsens Social Security's Finances

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Stephen Ohlemacher  |  April 23, 2012

  High energy prices and an economy that has been slow to rebound are worsening Social Security's finances, shortening the life of the trust funds that support the program by three years, the government said Monday.

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  2012 Medicare Debate is All About the Baby Boomers

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  January 4, 2012

  Baby boomers take note: Medicare as your parents have known it is headed for big changes no matter who wins the White House in 2012.

• Immigration Shift Hits Social Security

  By Allison Bell  |  June 3, 2011

  Economic and demographic changes are responsible for most of the deterioration in the Social Security program's long-range financial position in the past year.