Healthcare: Roads to Reform

October 31, 2008

Generic drug cuts escalate price war

One of the nation's largest drugstore chains ratcheted up a price war Thursday, offering deep discounts on generic prescriptions amid national concern about the spiraling cost of healthcare.

October 21, 2008

Patients pay more, get less -- if they're lucky

Jennifer and Greg Danylyshyn of Pasadena are conscientious parents. They keep proper car seats in their used BMW, organic vegetables in the family diet and the pediatrician's number by the phone.

January 8, 2007

Health insurers deny policies in some jobs

Health insurers in California refuse to sell individual coverage to people simply because of their occupations or use of certain medicines, according to documents obtained by The Times.