Most Americans probably aren't aware of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), a group of experts well-versed in the operational details of the Medicare program. The areas they discuss...

 

Kaiser Family Foundation President & CEO Drew Altman, Ph.D. recently wrote an editorial which breaks down political opinion on healthcare reform. He states that although the left and right...

 

A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that several health insurance companies own a significant amount of stock in tobacco companies. This means that they...

 

A recent Congressional Budget Office report points to the role of private insurers as a key factor in the success of healthcare reform efforts. According to the http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052703350.html, the...

 

New research shows that we are all paying a "hidden tax" to cover uninsured Americans. According to Families USA, a consumer group who sponsored the research, uninsured Americans received...

 

New research shows that we are all paying a "hidden tax" to cover uninsured Americans. According to Families USA, a consumer group who sponsored the research, uninsured Americans received...

 

A recent study shows that about 1 million people residing in California head south to Mexico for their healthcare each year. According to the Los Angeles Times, about half...

 

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently released a report showing that the number of uninsured Americans could increase to 66 million by 2019 if America remains on its present course....

 

Senator Max Baucus recently stated that healthcare reform efforts would reach approximately 95% of American citizens, but not undocumented immigrants. According to the Las Vegas Sun, he believes that...

 

The insurance industry opposes health reform options that include a public payer option, claiming that this will create a monopoly that will drive private insurers out of the marketplace. ...

 

Pfizer is offering free medication to customers who were laid off before January 1, 2009. According to Kaisernetwork.org, patients must be using a drug covered by the program, and...

 

Rand recently released a study showing that once health information technology is adopted by 90% of providers, the cost savings will be significant. Adoption will require an initial investment...

 

Every year, the trustees of the Medicare trust fund issue a report detailed the financial status of the fund. This year, the news is even more dire, as the...