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Eight states are following Massachusetts’ lead and trying to strike the right balance of slowing health care spending without causing too much pain to the industry.
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After 20 years and $200 billion in revenue, Humira — an injectable treatment for autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis — is losing its monopoly.
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Dennis Rodgers flips over a bright pink piece of paper and rattles off his choices: “Attempt resuscitation or do not attempt resuscitation... to do…
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LOS ANGELES — The women sat in a circle and bemoaned their sleepless nights. It seemed unfair: Their babies weren’t even born yet.Mayra Del Real’s…
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You may be paying $38,000 more for that knee replacement than someone in another state, or even a few hundred miles down the road. And there doesn't seem to be any method to this madness.
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Hospitals are legally obligated to find suitable places to discharge patients, but their insurance status makes all the difference. Things get complicated if people have entered the country illegally.
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Doctors aren't used to discussing financial barriers to care, and many think it's inappropriate to bring up money at all during conversations with patients.
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Carla used to get dialysis a couple of times a week at the public hospital in Indianapolis, Eskenazi Hospital. She would sit in a chair for hours as a…
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Healthcare is the biggest part of Florida’s budget, consuming more than $20 billion. That funding picture has gotten more complicated in the last two…
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Maryland has flipped financial incentives for hospitals. They get paid a set amount each year and can make money when patients are healthy and don't need hospital care.
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The past 15 years have seen a drop in deaths and hospitalizations among Medicare patients — people 65 and older. Teasing out why is tricky, but it seems a good trend for the 50-year-old program.
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Some analysts who have looked at health insurers’ proposed premiums for next year predict major increases for policies sold on state and federal health…