A growing number of health systems encourage selected acutely ill ER patients to opt for hospital-level care at home.

A Maryland law, which took effect Jan. 1, mandates that insurers cover vasectomies without requiring patients to pay anything out-of-pocket just as they must do for more than a dozen birth control methods for women.

Tucked into the new tax law is a provision that offers companies a tax credit if they provide paid family and medical leave for lower-wage workers.

As the annual benefits enrollment season gets underway at many companies, disability coverage may be one option worth more attention.

Under the new law, people whose unreimbursed medical expenses exceed 7.5 percent of their adjusted gross income can claim a deduction for those expenses in 2017 and 2018.

You wouldnt pay a mechanic for a faulty muffler or a restaurant for spoiled food. If you did, you would expect a refund. But the same arrangement between buyer and seller hasnt historically existed in medical care.

Consumers may not find a navigator at the ready when they want to enroll. In addition to the navigator cuts, the federal government also cut the advertising budget for open enrollment from $100 million to $10 million, creating additional challenges for navigator groups.

If youre poor, uninsured and fall seriously ill, in most states if you qualify for Medicaid but werent enrolled at the time the program will pay your medical bills going back three months.