Consumer Driven Health Care

A familiar budget plan to sharply cut safety-net programs for the poor and clamp down on domestic agencies performing the nuts-and-bolts programs of the government is cruising to passage in the tea party-flavored House.

Patients want technology involved in their care. But are doctors ready for it?

Think smokings bad for your health? Its got nothing on your job.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has introduced a lot of new regulations. These changes require new paths to be paved especially surrounding the popular health reimbursement arrangements.

Drugstore chain Walgreen's fiscal second-quarter earnings climbed 11 percent, helped by contributions from European health and beauty retailer Alliance Boots, a business sale gain, and its new contract with Express Scripts Holding Co.

As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act turns three this week, the Obama administration is praising the law for slowing down health costs while providing more value for consumers.