Private Health Care

Peter Beilenson — doctor and public health visionary, Baltimore health commissioner, Howard County health officer, quick-study scholar and decoder of federal regulations — remains one of our most interesting men. A person whose leadership has...

Question: I'm classified as a part-time worker, even though I usually work more than 40 hours per week. This way my employer can avoid giving me health insurance. Under Obamacare I thought even part time workers had to be offered health insurance. What'...

One year from now, in January 2014, much of the tenets of the Affordable Care Act and California’s unrelated but no less overarching Medical Managed Care system will have been implemented and in place. But just 12 months away, there is still much...

A federal judge has granted a request by the ACLU to dismiss its challenge to a Kansas law restricting private health insurance coverage for abortions. Wednesday's one-sentence court formally ends the case, with each side bearing its own costs and...

Federal officials awarded California's new health insurance exchange a $674-million grant, providing money for a crucial marketing campaign aimed at reaching millions of uninsured. The two-year grant announced Thursday comes as the five-member board...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could save $2 trillion in healthcare spending over the next decade, if the U.S. government used its influence in the public and private sectors to nudge soaring costs into line with economic growth, a study...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Planners of President Barack Obama's second inauguration are making an unprecedented solicitation for high-dollar contributions up to $1 million to help pay for the celebration in exchange for special access.   The changes...

WASHINGTON -- Are we finally controlling health spending? Few issues loom larger in the economic outlook. For years, spiraling health costs -- mainly for Medicare and Medicaid, which serve the elderly and the poor -- have consumed a growing share of the...

After a 14-year revision process, the American Psychiatric Association announced the final changes in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-5, on Dec. 1. The manual is sometimes referred to as "the Bible" for mental...

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care announced Monday it has hired former ConnectiCare CEO Michael E. "Mickey" Herbert as a consultant to prepare the company for operations in Connecticut. Herbert, 68, has a career in health insurance that stretches back several...

The Health Department of Northwest Michigan will have a special flu shot and immunization clinic on Monday, Nov. 26, at the J.R. Watson Community Resource Center, located at 3434 M-119 in Harbor Springs. Appointments are available between 8 a.m. and 6:...

Re "The beloved budget buster," Editorial, Dec. 9 Your editorial on Medicare correctly identified novel procedures as one of the drivers of rising medical costs. It prescribed better comparisons of the cost-effectiveness of treatments as an essential...