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Health insurer Humana Inc. said Monday that it completed the purchase of SeniorBridge, a company that provides chronic care and is best known for offering in-home care for the elderly.

A scorecard issued by a federal agency has ranked Texas health care services and delivery as among the worst in the nation.

Spending on health care for children grew faster than spending for adults between 2007 and 2010 due to increasing prices for all categories of goods and services, finds a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute.

I expected the Supreme Court decision would give us an ending. But that's not the case.

Medicare advocates note that Medicaid recipients in some states may get the short end of the stick, as the PPACAs drive for Medicaid expansion is now more or less optional for states who choose not to do so.

Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center, says the reaffirmation of the ACA will help serve the needs of millions of retirees.

The economic gloom and doom rages on, but at least the wave of wellness and its related financial incentives is still cresting.

Weve all heardand can assumethat prevention is one of the best ways to cut down escalating health care costs. But employers havent really jumped on the wellness bandwagon.