Nothing rings quite as hollow as an insincere apology. We hear them all the time in politics and the corporate world. They usually sound...

Many people are thoroughly confused when they get a detailed bill from a hospital.  How much was that bandage??  Two Tylenol cost $25??...

David Lazarus, a consumer rights columnist for the LA Times, just wrote an excellent article about hospital bills and how complicated...

(Update:  Aetna may have pulled out of these states because they didn't get Federal approval for their merger with Humana.  See Aetna's...

I am a big fan of inspirational quotes.  I even have a few of my own; some of them are even original.  One of them (and I don't think I...

Most of us know that we should be eating healthier and exercising more.  It's not a complicated formula.  And yet, the statistics on...

"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority"  (Benjamin Franklin) "The important thing is to never stop...

This week there has been a lot of controversy about the medical condition of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.  It may surprise you that...

Would Walmart actually thrive if they made their customers pay more and made it less convenient to do so?  Certainly not!  Walmart's...

This week the California assembly passed a bill AB72 that addresses the problem of surprise medical bills.  It awaits the signature of...

Fascinating story from CNN Money about a virtual hospital.  This is telemedicine taken to an extreme.  Mercy Hospital is a $54 million...

In case you have a lot of free time, the U.S. Census just issued a 44 page report on the state of health insurance in the U.S. for 2015....

In 2015, the total amount spent on prescription drugs in the U.S. was $425 billion (12.2% higher than 2014). In 2015, the total amount...

There is a lesser-known Medicare program called the "Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program" (HRRP) that was created in 2012 under the...

Very publicly, Ben Stiller wrote last week about how a PSA test probably saved his life.  On the surface it seems like a no-brainer to...

I am so f***ing tired of politicians claiming that Obamacare is an obvious disaster and failure without explaining why they think so....

In a recent post on Health Leaders Media, there was an interesting argument presented that these higher deductibles will backfire on...

So who was that doctor that treated my daughter in the ER and the hospital this past weekend??  Who was the radiologist that discovered...