Health Care

Here’s How Much More Your Health Insurance Will Cost Next Year

By Beth Braverman

Consumers who get health insurance through their jobs won’t see rate hikes in the double digits like those on the Obamacare exchanges, but they’ll still see the cost of health care go up.
Will Health Savings Accounts Be the New 401(k)?

By Mark Miller, Reuters

If HSAs are to play a major role financing healthcare, they will need to be more robust and less expensive - and more transparent to consumers shopping for the best deals.
New Republican Plan to Repeal Obamacare Gets an Ugly Score From CBO

By Rob Garver

The latest act in the legislative Kabuki surrounding Republican attempts to do away with the Affordable Care Act was the release by the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday of the Obamacare Repeal...
Most Patients Can’t Pay a $500 Hospital Bill

By Angelica LaVito, CNBC

More than two-thirds of patients aren't paying their entire hospital bills, and that number could increase to 95 percent by 2020, according to a study from TransUnion , a company that helps hospitals...
Where Do You Store Your Medical Info? Apple Wants It to Be Your iPhone

By Christina Farr, CNBC

Imagine turning to your iPhone for all your health and medical information — every doctor's visit, lab test result, prescription and other health information, all available in a snapshot on your...

Here's How Much More You’ll Pay for Health Insurance Next Year

By Bertha Coombs, CNBC

Large employers aren't looking to make big changes in worker health coverage next year, no matter what happens with health policies in Washington. But they are not letting up on pushing employees to...
How Rising Health Care Costs Could Hurt Your Retirement

By Tom Anderson, CNBC

Skyrocketing health costs don't just make it harder for you now — they can diminish your retirement, too. More than 60 percent of employees said they are contributing less to their 401(k) plans...
Is Your New Medical Device Vulnerable to Hackers?

By Beth Braverman

The introduction of new, smart technology to the medical field has amazing life-saving potential for patients, but it also introduces a serious new risk: hacking.
Why You Should Think Twice Before Drinking That Can of Soda

By Barbara Moran

New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain.
One Major Obamacare Insurance Company Is Close to Break Even This Year

By Eric Pianin

Despite high premiums and diminished consumer choices that might deter consumers from enrolling in Obamacare, a new financial analysis concludes that the individual health insurance market has shaken...

Get Ready for Huge Obamacare Premium Hikes in 2017

By Eric Pianin

Amid rising drug and health care costs and roiling market dynamics, the spokesperson for the nation’s health insurers is predicting substantial increases next year in Obamacare premiums and related...
US Prescription Drug Spending Reached a Record $310 Billion Last Year

By Eric Pianin

Despite a few positive trends in pharmaceutical industry marketing, the total cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. rose again last year by 8.5 percent and reached a record level of $310 billion,...
Drug Companies Are Winning on Risky Off-Label Marketing

By Eric Pianin

There was a time when major pharmaceutical companies were buffeted with harsh civil and criminal penalties for marketing their drugs for purposes other than approved by the Food and Drug...
How Small Ideas Are Helping to Bend the Health Care Cost Curve

By Eric Pianin

Even as overall U.S. health care spending grew by 5.3 percent in 2014 – reaching a jaw-dropping $3 trillion -- the healthcare industry has made some important strides in trying to bend the overall...
Obesity Is Now a Bigger Global Problem Than Hunger

By Millie Dent

The global obesity epidemic is about to get worse. In nine years, around one fifth of adults globally will be obese, a study published last week in the journal The Lancet predicts. More than one in...

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