Lifestyle and Budget

Millions leaving government insurance money on the table?

Millions of Americans who bought individual health insurance outside the Affordable Care Act's public exchanges may be leaving money on the table if they skip those marketplaces again in picking 2017 coverage, a new report says.

Hospital chain to pay $513 million to settle kickback claims

Texas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. and two of its Atlanta subsidiaries have agreed to pay more than $513 million to resolve criminal and civil claims accusing the chain of paying kickbacks to steer pregnant Medicaid patients to their hospitals.

WHY IT MATTERS: Taxes

THE ISSUE: Politicians love trying to use the tax code to highlight their goals to voters.