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To Curb Rising Health Insurance Costs, Some States Try ‘Reinsurance Pools’

(By Michael Ollove for Stateline, an initiative of The PEW Charitable Trusts) A couple of years ago, the health insurance

(By Alison Kodjak, NPR News for Kaiser Health News) Benjamin Hynden, a financial adviser in Fort Myers, Fla., hadn’t been

(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The majority (53 percent) of millennials are extremely or very satisfied with

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The federal government and 30 states have sued pharmaceutical distributor McKesson, alleging

(By Karen Weintraub for ST A T) He’s a professor at Harvard Medical School, but in many ways, Dr. Victor

(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Americans who experienced a “negative wealth shock,” or the loss of at

According to an audit by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs to improve

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare will pay hospitals close to its standard mark-up rate for

Kindred Healthcare’s shareholders approved the sale of its home health business to Humana Inc. and a pair of private equity

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Amazon and Walmart are both aiming to redesign how healthcare works in