Even before the pandemic, people with minor urgent health needs had started to turn to companies that offer on-demand video chats with physicians they don’t normally see. Insurers and employers even started buying access to this direct-to-consumer form of virtual …
Approximately 25 percent of spending in the U.S. health care system can be characterized as waste. That’s between $760 billion and $935 billion annually. A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by researchers from …
The cost of family health coverage in the U.S. now tops $20,000, an annual survey of employers found, a record high that has pushed an increasing number of American workers into plans that cover less or cost more, or force …
Congressional budget experts said this week that moving to a government-run health care system like “Medicare for All” could be complicated and potentially disruptive for Americans. The report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office was a high-level look at the …
A group of investors is putting up $165 million to fuel an expansion of Paladina Health, bringing a recent surge of private funds flowing into companies that run primary-care clinics to more than a half-billion dollars. The venture capital firm …
More and more Americans have health insurance that requires them to open their wallets for the first few thousand dollars’ worth of care they receive every year, before the insurance coverage kicks in. But a new study suggests that despite …
Wilmington officials say they’ll have to pay $9 million or more to cover the health care costs for four firefighters injured in a blaze that killed three of their colleagues last year. Mayor Mike Purzycki tells The News Journal of …
A New Jersey appeals court upheld a decision by New Jersey regulators to approve a new alliance formed by the state’s largest health insurer. The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance didn’t break the rules when it approved Horizon …
Vermont is poised to become the first state requiring drug companies to explain their price increases, and Bob and Deborah Messing think that’s a good idea. The Messings live in Montpelier and are in their early 70s. She’s on Orencia, …
Legislation to make drug makers reveal how much they spend marketing high-priced drugs has stalled in the Virginia General Assembly, at least for this year. Virginia state senators said the bill wasn’t ready for prime time, but was an issue …
