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Health insurance
How some health insurers ended up as nonprofits
Jul 6, 2015
Back in the 1920s, firms began to be organized around a social welfare mission.
Even with insurance, people avoid the doctor
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Gigi Douban
May 20, 2015
Insurance plans with high deductibles and co-pays, mean rising out-of-pocket costs.
Hospitals innovate to keep patients from coming back
Apr 8, 2015
Health providers want to cut down on readmission rates.
Calls for action against mental health discrimination
Apr 1, 2015
A new report says health insurance plans still discriminate against mentally ill.
Searching for medical advice? Google's got you covered
Feb 10, 2015
Search engine to repackage information on 400 most Googled health conditions.
Insurers often take sting out of high price of drugs
Feb 4, 2015
It's "not what anybody really pays if you have private health insurance."
How health insurance will factor into your tax return
Jan 29, 2015
Millions of households may have to pay a fine for lacking health care coverage.
For public good, not for profit.
Aetna raises its minimum wage.... Who's next?
Jan 13, 2015
Don't expect other companies to quickly follow Aetna on the wage front. The move is strategic.
The math behind health care's crazy inflation
Dec 22, 2014
Costs keep going up, but what about value?
How insurers are adjusting payment to medical providers
Sep 30, 2014
Commercial insurers are ditching or at least tweaking the way they pay providers.