The Washington Post has recently published a series of articles containing links to online resources to help consumers choose health plans. This information is particularly timely as open enrollment ... Read More

The New York Times recently published an article about ministry medical billing services - church organizations which help members with their health care costs. Members pay a monthly "premium", ... Read More

For the first time ever, the California Department of Insurance has ordered an insurance company to reinstate an illegally canceled health insurance policy. The L.A. Times reports that this ... Read More

In case you or your loved one has not yet received it in the mail, the new "Medicare & You" handbook for 2007 is available online in .pdf format. ... Read More

Open enrollment for the 2007 Part D plan year is rapidly approaching. Beneficiaries can either choose to stay with their current plan or select a new one to begin ... Read More

A recent study conducted by USAToday, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and ABC News shows that Americans are growing increasingly unhappy with our health care system. 80% of poll respondents ... Read More

According to USAToday, Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) has issued a statement asserting that Part D premiums will actually increase for calendar year 2007. This runs counter to Centers for ... Read More

The Denver Business Journal reports that some employers are finding unusual - and sometimes illegal - solutions to rising health care costs. One Denver small business owner no longer ... Read More

Although many experts have touted electronic health records as an important way to improve the efficiency and quality of health care, the Washington Post reports that only 25% of doctors ... Read More

Last fall, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced that it would begin seizing prescription drugs imported from Canada. After confiscating approximately 40,000 shipments of mail-order medications from Canada ... Read More

A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle reports that there are security weaknesses in the computer system used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which could ... Read More

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Wal-Mart will discontinue offering traditional health insurance coverage to new hires. Current employees may remain on their plans, but new hires will only have ... Read More

There will be more Part D plan options available in 2007, according to the New York Times. Those who currently have Part D plans are urged to consider all ... Read More

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that the majority of uninsured children come from households with at least one working parent. This finding is based on a study conducted by FamiliesUSA, ... Read More

Consumers beware! The L.A. Times reports that medical identity theft is a growing problem, and that the privacy laws which protect us also make it more difficult to resolve ... Read More

According to the Washington Times, the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released a report which shows that most of our nation's health care spending goes toward hospitalizations. ... Read More

On October 5, PBS will air the first hour of its four part series called "Remaking American Medicine". This series will discuss health care quality, focusing specifically on medical ... Read More