doughnut hole

Sometime in August, Patricia Holland will drop into Medicare's dreaded doughnut hole. She is already bracing for that financial wallop. Holland, 67, of Centreville, Md., regularly takes seven prescription medications. One of them -- Entocort -- is especially expensive. It prevents severe attacks...

Health care reform has created a whirlwind of facts and fictions. Feeling confused about the issue? Walletpop cuts through the noise to give you clear and simple answers: Isn't the public option for freeloaders? Why should we adopt it when critics are calling it socialist? A public option...