Consumer Driven Health Care

According to studies done in Illinois and Massachusetts, more people are looking to emergency rooms for care because of Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act. The increase in patients is creating strain for doctors.

The Democratic presidential candidate's ideas on how to better America's mental health system include early diagnosis, suicide prevention, and parity for mental health services.

The Obama administration's fight to stop Aetna and Anthem from acquiring rivals is blamed for insurers exiting state health care exchanges.

Everybody in the business of selling something other than health care is feeling the pinch.

Targeted phone calls to health plan members actually can work, a provider has found. But the emphasis is on "targeted."

Proponents of virtual reality say that it can be an effective treatment for everything from intense pain to Alzheimers disease to arachnophobia to depression.