Health Care Reform

The leading driver of medical costs continues to be overuse of care.

The top costs include $6.6 billion in productivity losses, $895 million associated with cesarean section deliveries, $350 million for increased hospital stays.

Independent pharmacies are struggling due to the vertical integration among drugstore chains, insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers.

Uncompensated care costs have been a pressing issue for hospitals in states that opted out of Medicaid expansion.

Will the ACA let courts change coverage rules that cause more problems for people with disabilities?

The once-confidential prices have come to light thanks to the federal price transparency rule.