Patients want technology involved in their care. But are doctors ready for it?

Three years after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Americans remain confused by the health reform law and how it affects them.

Think smokings bad for your health? Its got nothing on your job.

Small business groups are fighting back against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts health insurance tax and throwing their support at new legislation that would repeal it, arguing that the tax will kill a lot of private sector jobs.

Though the health care market is seemingly hard to navigateespecially as health reform, including its exchanges, is changing the industryAmericans say they arent too worried about their ability to navigate the system.

New data from Americas Health Insurance Plans finds that the price of inpatient hospital care rose by 8.2 percent per year between 2008 and 2010, one major contributor for skyrocketing health costs.

As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act turns three this week, the Obama administration is praising the law for slowing down health costs while providing more value for consumers.

More than half of hospitals nationwide (52 percent) say they plan to acquire physician practices in 2013 compared to 44 percent that made such purchases last year.