Doctors and patients haven’t typically discussed how much medical care costs. But medical schools say that should change and are teaching future doctors how to broach the tricky subject. Time for a pop quiz: When it comes to health care, what’s the difference between cost, charge and payment? “Does anyone …
Snake bites may be scary, but what comes after can be terrifying. Earlier this month a guy named Todd Fassler was bitten by a rattlesnake in San Diego, KGTV San Diego reports. In itself this isn’t terribly unusual—the CDC estimates that roughly 7,000 to 8,000 people a year get bit by …
Anne Koller was diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer in 2011 and has been fighting it since. But it’s not just the cancer she’s fighting. It’s the bills. “We went from drugs that cost a few hundred dollars for a course of therapy that might be a month or six months …
On Saturday, Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming delivered the weekly Republican address. He ignored Syria, presumably because his party is deeply conflicted on the issue. (For the record, so am I.) Instead, he demanded repeal of the Affordable Care Act. “The health care law,” he declared, “has proven to be …
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., March 18 (UPI) — Stingrays at an “interactive ecotourism” site have profoundly changed their ways, raising questions about its impact on marine life, U.S. scientists say. Researchers from Nova Southeastern University in Florida and the University of Rhode Island studied the stingray population of Stingray City — a …
Workers are paying a greater share of their health care costs, and that trend is likely to continue over the next several years, a new report on employer-based health plans finds. Employers still bear most of the cost of workplace health plans. But employees contribute 42 percent more for heath …
A study finds that bariatric surgery did not reduce patients’ medical costs over the six years after the operation, dashing hopes that the procedure could cut expenses for obese patients. In the span of 15 years, the number of bariatric surgeries performed in the United States has grown more than …