Thomas Lutz was once a high-level executive at Health Visions Corp., a healthcare company based in the Philippines and doing business with the Pentagon.  Now he is facing five years in prison for swindling $100 …

If you spent 14% of your income, or $14 of every $100 you earn, trying to get your hands on that very same income, wouldn’t you want to find a way to reduce the cost …

Earlier today, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, expressed concerns about the staggering amount of money the US government is spending on health care and how current projections for growth in healthcare spending threaten …

Getting medical or dental care without coverage by an insurance provider can be pretty tricky these days.  Long waits in overcrowded, uncomfortable waiting rooms are expected.  Sometimes the wait can last days.  Those are days …

Earlier today, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts became the first medical insurance provider to partner up with Google Health, the recently launched online medical records service offered free of charge to patients by internet …

When an American child needs medical attention, the quality of care expected varies widely from one state to the next, with a four-fold measure of quality separating children covered under a medical insurance plan and …

Thomas Kuhn proposed that scientific theories should be looked on not as not dealing with purely scientific facts, but also as systems of belief relating to a wider context, a frame of reference consisting of …

Medicare coverage expanded a bit in 2006 to include coverage for prescription drugs, Part D, provided a Medicare beneficiary chose to enroll in Medicare Part D.  Now that the prescription coverage plan has been in …

A unanimous vote, 36-0, in the Massachusetts Senate passes legislation pertaining to healthcare reforms within the state. The bill is the first of its kind in the nation although Minnesota and Vermont both have …

Although advances in health care have contributed to the longevity of baby boomers, there will be serious problems in three years when the first of the nation’s 78 million boomers begin reaching the age of …