Kaiser Health News
The stakes are huge because Medicaid enrollees are more likely to engage in unhealthy practices, such as smoking, and are less likely to get preventive care, studies show.
Baptist made money doing what used to be industry heresy: reducing patients' use of the medical system.
The Florida Legislature abruptly ended its session three days early on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of bills unrelated to healthcare unfinished.
Patient advisory councils often serve as sounding boards for hospital leaders -- offering advice on a range of issues.
The problem is that sometimes Medicare pays for care outside the hospice benefit that it already paid hospice to cover.
Obama administration tells state leaders that failing to expand Medicaid could jeopardize special funding to pay hospitals and doctors for treating the poor.
A decision to take away subsidies could leave millions without insurance.
About two of three people say it is still difficult to know how much specific doctors or hospitals charge for medical treatments or procedures.
High-deductible health plans and soaring prices for a new generation of drug therapies making paying for care harder than ever.
Most medical schools operate under a model pioneered in the early 1900s, but with demand for a new kind of doctor, more and more are trying to change.