In the U.S., the top 1% of patients ranked by their healthcare expenses accounted for 21% of total healthcare expenditures in 2010, with an annual mean expenditure of $87,570, according
Tax credits to help low- and moderate-income Americans buy health insurance will become available in January under the health law, when for the first time, most people will be required
Oregon health officials are concentrating on coordinating services and preventing hospital stays. New Jersey medical centers are rewarding doctors who can save money without jeopardizing patient care. And Massachusetts is
President Obama speaks about Affordable Care Act in June. New analysis in the journal Health Affairs looks at the likelihood that companies will drop coverage after the full law takes
Under health care reform, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, uninsured Americans will be required to have health insurance by March 31, 2014 or face a tax
“When we started this 18 months ago,” Tom Daschle told me, “we assumed that there could be a grand bargain.” The former Senate majority leader, a Democrat, laughed ruefully, as
A new study finds that the Rochester, N.Y., area has the lowest overall Medicare spending rate in the nation, a feat health officials attribute to aggressive regional planning that keeps
Angie Jackson pays cash to see a doctor every six months for high blood pressure medication and otherwise is a “home remedy kind of gal.” She works full-time as a
Lee Dorman gets a lot of phone calls from people who want to give him something. Recently, a man called saying he had a new Medicare card with Dorman’s name
A small hospital in a coastal North Carolina community will close its doors within months and its parent company says Gov. Pat McCrory’s (R) decision not to expand Medicaid under
