Health Care

Here’s How Much More Your Health Insurance Will Cost Next Year

By Beth Braverman

Consumers who get health insurance through their jobs won’t see rate hikes in the double digits like those on the Obamacare exchanges, but they’ll still see the cost of health care go up.
Will Health Savings Accounts Be the New 401(k)?

By Mark Miller, Reuters

If HSAs are to play a major role financing healthcare, they will need to be more robust and less expensive - and more transparent to consumers shopping for the best deals.
New Republican Plan to Repeal Obamacare Gets an Ugly Score From CBO

By Rob Garver

The latest act in the legislative Kabuki surrounding Republican attempts to do away with the Affordable Care Act was the release by the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday of the Obamacare Repeal...
Most Patients Can’t Pay a $500 Hospital Bill

By Angelica LaVito, CNBC

More than two-thirds of patients aren't paying their entire hospital bills, and that number could increase to 95 percent by 2020, according to a study from TransUnion , a company that helps hospitals...
Where Do You Store Your Medical Info? Apple Wants It to Be Your iPhone

By Christina Farr, CNBC

Imagine turning to your iPhone for all your health and medical information — every doctor's visit, lab test result, prescription and other health information, all available in a snapshot on your...

Here's How Much More You’ll Pay for Health Insurance Next Year

By Bertha Coombs, CNBC

Large employers aren't looking to make big changes in worker health coverage next year, no matter what happens with health policies in Washington. But they are not letting up on pushing employees to...
How Rising Health Care Costs Could Hurt Your Retirement

By Tom Anderson, CNBC

Skyrocketing health costs don't just make it harder for you now — they can diminish your retirement, too. More than 60 percent of employees said they are contributing less to their 401(k) plans...
Is Your New Medical Device Vulnerable to Hackers?

By Beth Braverman

The introduction of new, smart technology to the medical field has amazing life-saving potential for patients, but it also introduces a serious new risk: hacking.
Why You Should Think Twice Before Drinking That Can of Soda

By Barbara Moran

New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain.
One Major Obamacare Insurance Company Is Close to Break Even This Year

By Eric Pianin

Despite high premiums and diminished consumer choices that might deter consumers from enrolling in Obamacare, a new financial analysis concludes that the individual health insurance market has shaken...

Dying for a Burger? Try the Heart Attack Grill

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

A second customer in less than a year has collapsed at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas (yes, that’s its real name). Why? For starters, the 40-something-year-old woman was indulging in one of the...
$182,000 to Remove an Appendix

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

Thus began her research into pricing variability in the state, which was published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The prices ranged from $1,529 to $182,955 with the median hospital...
From Near Death to Healthy For $10,000

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

Imagine A. J. Jacobs’s shock and horror when his wife turned to him one day and, gazing at his protuding belly, said, “OK, that’s it. You’ve gotta shape up. I don’t want to be a widow at 45.” The...
Cancer Screenings Stoke the Overdiagnosis Debate

By FREDERIK JOELVING, Reuters

Screening for rare but deadly esophageal cancer is typically a laborious and costly procedure, requiring sedation and a day off from work. New technology makes it a cinch. That's why the few minutes...
Taxing Drugs, Doc Visits and Even Surgery?

By Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

A panel of health care experts assembled by the Institute of Medicine recommends imposing a medical transactions tax, which would ultimately fall on consumers.

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