It’s long been hard for health-care consumers to learn how much doctor visits or hospital stays will cost them. That’s now beginning to change, as a growing array of Web sites try to lift the veil on pricing. The online resources come from insurers, ...
WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. So far, talk on Capitol Hill about how to help people who’ve lost their jobs has focused mainly on extending unemployment benefits. But data from a couple of surveys signal that helping the newly ...
Radiology benefits managers, the firms insurers deputize to oversee the use of high-priced scans, are following the money trail into cardiology. Two of the three biggest companies in the imaging field — CareCore National and WellPoints American Imaging ...
The study focused on kids who dont have health insurance, while at least one of their parents does. The results: 1380 of 39,588 children werent insured, more than 3%. The situation was more frequent in low- and middle-income households. Also, the ...
In reporting todays Healthy Consumer column on open enrollment, I found another interesting trend: Employers are increasingly divvying up health-plan costs so that people pay more if they have more dependents. The Georgia state health benefit plan that ...
It’s not necessarily altruism. Sick employees miss more work. What health conditions are most likely to lead to absences? The answers may not be obvious. In a list of common conditions and behaviors contained in a forthcoming survey by the HR ...
As the debut of WSJ’s Healthy Consumer column explains today, the appeals process can be a tough slog, though there are ways to boost the odds of success. Got a beef with your insurer over care that was denied coverage? Good luck getting the ...
In reporting a column about how to appeal a denial by a health insurer, I was struck by something: how much time it takes to deal with even the simplest issue involving health care. Often, resolving these matters involves long periods waiting on phone ...
I never used to be particularly good about choosing healthy food at work. But now that I’m pregnant, everything’s changed. I’m doing my best to follow the seemingly endless list of dietary recommendations. That means, among many other things, upping my ...
Washington is revving up for a big debate next year over health care — which, realistically, is likely to end up centering around some form of Medicare reform. Everybody wants to somehow save money while also improving care. Proof that trick can be ...
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