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Bridgette Dunlap, a Fordham University law student, knew that the school’s health plan had to pay for birth control pills, in keeping with New York state law. What she did not find out until she was in an examining room, “in the paper dress,” was that the student health service ...

Here’s a bold prediction for the new year. By 2020, the American health insurance industry will be extinct. Insurance companies will be replaced by accountable care organizations — groups of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers who come together to provide the full range of medical care for patients. ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives this week will vote on legislation that would kill a health care reform law provision to establish a voluntary long-term care program, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said. “We will repeal the CLASS Act,” Speaker Boehner said during an address last week before the ...

If you’ve seen your health insurance premiums increase along with your deductible, you’re not alone. A recent study by the Commonwealth Fund shows just how much more consumers are paying for employer-provided health insurance. Total premiums — the amount paid by both employers and workers combined — for family ...

How happy are you on a scale of 1 to 10? How many days did you exercise last week? How many vegetables did you eat yesterday? How financially secure do you feel? This isn't a questionnaire people are filling out in the doctor's office waiting room. It's information their ...

WASHINGTON—The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday voted to kill a health care reform law provision that would set up a voluntary long-term care program. In October, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the administration suspended implementation of the program, saying that because of its voluntary ...

The Obama administration said Wednesday that 28 U.S. states have taken steps to establish insurance exchanges under the 2010 health care law, despite the legal and political uncertainties threatening the overhaul. Fourteen states, including several led by Republican governors, have enacted legislation or have the authority in place to ...

One in ten Canadians cannot afford to take their prescription drugs as directed, according to an analysis by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto. The study, published in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) is the first to examine the relationship between drug insurance and the use of prescription drugs in Canada...