Need surgery? Good luck getting hospital cost info
Want to know how much a hip replacement will cost? Many hospitals won't be able to tell you, at least not right away — if at all. And if you shop ...
Leaving hospital? Heed care tips or you may return
Michael Lee knew he was still in bad shape when he left the hospital five days after emergency heart surgery. But he was so eager to escape the ...
No one fix to slow hospital readmission epidemic
More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door ...
Some families to be priced out of health overhaul
Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what's being called a glitch in President Barack Obama's overhaul law. IRS regulations ...
Consumer alert: new health care markets on the way
Buying your own health insurance will never be the same. This fall, new insurance markets called exchanges will open in each state, marking the ...
Health insurance exchanges will transform market
Health insurance exchanges will change the way people buy coverage and will help millions of uninsured people get a private plan. Nearly 49 million ...
New lingo for consumers: health overhaul glossary
President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law has spawned its own jargon. With the law finally about to take full effect, consumers might want to ...
Do penalties for smokers and the obese make sense?
Faced with the high cost of caring for smokers and overeaters, experts say society must grapple with a blunt question: Instead of trying to penalize ...
Sandy blow to NJ: costly work or costlier premiums
Superstorm Sandy landed one final stunning blow to New Jersey on Thursday as the state adopted rebuilding guidelines that come with sticker shock.
Penalty could keep smokers out of health overhaul
Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Barack Obama's health care law, according to ...
Feds finalize protections for mortgage borrowers
The government's consumer lending watchdog finalized new rules Thursday aimed at protecting homeowners from shoddy service and unexpected fees charged ...
Business CEOs call for raising retirement age
An influential group of business CEOs is pushing a plan to gradually increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare and ...
Correction: Transgender Health Insurance story
In a story Jan. 11 about health coverage for transgender people, The Associated Press misidentified the company that Kathy Born speaks for. Born is ...
Cost-cut talk is long on emotion, short on details
In the heated talk about deep spending cuts that will dominate Congress in the coming weeks, one thing is likely to be in short supply: details.
Savannah coroner of 40 years exits under suspicion
Even at age 81, Dr. James C. Metts Jr. liked to stay busy. By day, he treated some of Savannah's poorest patients at a downtown medical clinic.
Unusual respite from surging health care costs
Americans kept health care spending in check for three years in a row, the government reported Monday, an unusual respite that could linger if the ...
High court hears dispute over class actions
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned efforts by consumers' lawyers to limit the amount of money sought in class-action lawsuits so they are heard ...
Red states, too, get health care nod from Obama
Injecting a rare shot of bipartisanship in the nation's contentious health care overhaul, the Obama administration Thursday cleared four ...
Budget battle sends mixed signals on health care
Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million ...
Cliff poses tiny dollar gap, wide political ravine
When it comes to resolving their "fiscal cliff" impasse, the dollar gap between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner is tiny in ...
Hot rhetoric, tiny numbers separate Obama, Boehner
Despite all the hot fiscal cliff rhetoric, the differences between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner seem relatively narrow.
Medicare premiums could rise for many retirees
They may not agree on much else, but there's a change to Medicare that President Barack Obama and Republicans both support: Expand a little-known law ...
No one retreating; cliff talks seem at standstill
A year-end deadline approaching, quiet negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff" yielded no tangible signs of progress on Monday as ...
Trade-offs in raising Medicare eligibility age
Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of any deal to reduce the government's huge deficits.
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