Health Care Reform

New study results suggest that patients who have better health-care coverage get diagnosed and start treatment sooner.

Hospitals, in their quests to fill beds and expand, are allegedly recruiting specialists who will reliably refer patients for other tests and procedures.

Consumers often don't know how much variation there is in health care services between providers, and it's costing them.

Insurers objected so strongly to the state's proposal to create a public health insurance option that it now appears dead in the water.

The plan calls for a 24/7 treatment center where any resident could walk in a receive access to psychiatrists, nurse practitioners and case managers.

Lawmakers are now trying to close gaps in the state's surprise billing law and limit how much hospitals can charge for out-of-network emergency care.