Tag Archives: insurance

All the doctor’s tricks were failing him. He’d tried neck massage, pressure to the eyes, ice on the face. But an hour in, Ashish Jha still couldn’t ...

Sallyann Johnson considers herself a pretty savvy health care consumer. When she fell and injured her hands and wrists, she didn’t head for an expensive ...

(HealthDay News) — The number one determining factor for selecting a doctor is whether the physician is in-network, according to a report published by Vitals. ...

By Shefali Luthra Kaiser Health News Elizabeth and Britt Harmon struggled for years to have a child, and were thrilled when their son Orin was ...

How much does it cost?  That’s the big, unknown question in healthcare.  The same medical procedures cost different amounts depending on too many variables.  Patients ...

By JULIE APPLEBY When Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield became embroiled in a contract dispute with Exeter Hospital in N.H. in 2010, its negotiators came ...

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonpartisan congressional agency is raising new questions about compliance with a key compromise on abortion that ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin One California hospital charged $10 for a blood cholesterol test, while another hospital that ran the same test charged $10,169 — ...

By Phil Galewitz About 10.3 million Americans gained health coverage this year, primarily as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to a study by the ...

By Mary Agnes Carey On Tuesday two U.S. appeals courts issued conflicting rulings on a subject that’s important to millions of people:  the availability of subsidies to help ...