Consumer Driven Health Care

The costs per claim of medical treatments for injured workers in California were growing rapidly after large decreases that resulted from system reforms in prior years, according to a new study.

Though reports have showed trips to the emergency room are costly and sometimes unnecessary, the majority of Americans dont seem to think so. And the American College of Emergency Physicians is standing behind them.

The number of young people in the country with diabetes and pre-diabetes has skyrocketed, jumping from 9 percent of the adolescent population a decade ago to 23 percent in 2008, new research finds.

Does all the hype about wellness live up to expectations, or is it just another gimmick?

I havent had coffee in three days and Im not too happy about it (the stomach flu will do that to you).

Research published in Health Affairs journal claims that if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act had been in place between 2001 and 2008, people in the individual insurance market would have saved about $280 per year on out-of-pocket costs.