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Articles Written by: VANESSA FUHRMANS
WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health.
Besides being an entrepreneur in online billing services for doctors, athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush is a proud first cousin of President Bush and a lifelong Republican. But on a recent visit to The ...
For years, Freelancers Union has provided health coverage to thousands of self-employed workers, particularly in New York, where you can’t ride the subway for long without seeing one of the group’s clever ads.
The nonprofit organization has wielded ...
WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health.
As Democrats in Congress consider covering more of the uninsured kids by expanding Medicaid, they may want to consider this: Fewer doctors are accepting Medicaid patients not just because fees are so ...
WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health.
The uninsured are far more likely to give than receive the gift of a organ for transplant.
Call it the ultimate inequity in health care. A team of Harvard researchers finds that people without health ...
WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health.
The bells and whistles include discounts for fitness club memberships, coverage of acupuncture and 24-hour health information lines. Prices can vary, depending on a person’s medical history and state ...
The latest comparison of the two presidential candidates’ health plans offers a twist: a look at how they’d affect some of the biggest players feeding at America’s $2 trillion-plus health care trough.
If Barack Obama wins Nov. 4, it’s the pharma ...
If you thought that getting more employers to provide health coverage to their workers was just a matter of making it cheap enough, think again. A new survey from the consulting group Mercer finds that the majority of employers that don’t offer health ...
WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health.
A number of health reformers, including Sen. John McCain, call for insurance tax credits that people could use to shop for individual health policies on the open market.
Competition and freedom of ...
Low-income Medicare beneficiaries are starting to look a lot like the girl no one wants to take for a spin on the dance floor. In a growing number of states, many will have fewer drug plans to choose from next year.
Only 308 Medicare drug plans have ...
As American workers watched their health-care costs double over the past six years, they could at least take consolation in the fact their employers’ share of the cost was rising even faster.
Well, that’s over. A survey from Hewitt Associates confirms ...