President Obama promised that the brunt of any financial reckoning will fall mostly only on those making more than $250,000 annually. Under his healthcare plan, the economic agony starts at income levels that fall much lower than that.

Tax-favored health accounts, including flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs), are an increasingly popular way for employees to pay for some of their out-of-pocket health expenses using pre-tax dollars. Do such accounts improve the incentives for workers to purchase health care more carefully? Do employers providing FSAs...

This excerpt--from the book "Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America"--introduces the concept of a patient-powered health care system.

Mitt Romney's health careproposals, which rely on free markets and federalism, will go a long way to fixing ournation'shealth carewoes.

The estate-tax concept, as one of society's major ways to target the rich and to prevent the accumulation of most of its wealth in a few hands, has been a venerable one in America.

The recent Medicare bill offers more choices, higher quality medicine, better outcomes and more convenience at lower costs, and it will help strengthen Medicareand theentire health care system.

During these rocky days on Wall Street, big investors are on high alert, trying to assess whether we are in the midst of that long-awaited "market correction" and how best to respond to that possibility. As Robert Kuttner makes clear in "Social Security on Wall Street" [op-ed, Aug. 14], others...

By giving individuals ownership of their health insurance, the George W. Bush plan begins to change the incentives toward prudent purchasing and better value for our health care dollars.