Consumer Driven Health Care

Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc. reported a wider fourth-quarter loss Tuesday as it continued to study its experimental cancer drugs tivozanib and ficlatuzumab.

UnitedHealth Group's Optum business is launching a service that allows doctors to share information about patients over the Internet, as health care companies continue their push to improve care with better coordination.

A new study coming from the University of California-Irvine may upset Republicans who argue health care reform is too costly: Researchers found health care costs on the whole fall when poorer, uninsured patients are provided health insurance.

There are more consumers purchasing individual health insurance than ever before and with the individual mandate starting in 2014, those without coverage will have to apply for the first time. So, where do consumers begin?

Clinical lab services company Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings reported Friday that its fourth quarter earnings edged up 3 percent as revenue and expenses both rose.

A wise man once said: "Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. Honesty is hardly ever heard. And mostly what I need from you." Clearly, he was talking about his doctor.

Don't have the slightest clue what your health insurance covers? The Obama administration says that's going to change. Officials announced Thursday that starting later this year private health plans will have to provide consumers with a user-friendly summary of what's covered, along with key cost details such as copays and...

Consumers who had high medical expenditures in 2011, who pay for their own individually-purchased health insurance, who are self-employed, or who care for aging parents should educate themselves on the opportunities to deduct a portion of these expenses from their federal income tax. These tax tips are courtesy of eHealthInsurance.