Consumer Driven Health Care

Though reports have showed trips to the emergency room are costly and sometimes unnecessary, the majority of Americans dont seem to think so. And the American College of Emergency Physicians is standing behind them.

The number of young people in the country with diabetes and pre-diabetes has skyrocketed, jumping from 9 percent of the adolescent population a decade ago to 23 percent in 2008, new research finds.

Does all the hype about wellness live up to expectations, or is it just another gimmick?

I havent had coffee in three days and Im not too happy about it (the stomach flu will do that to you).

Research published in Health Affairs journal claims that if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act had been in place between 2001 and 2008, people in the individual insurance market would have saved about $280 per year on out-of-pocket costs.

Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest count.

WellPoint shareholders are rejecting a call for more disclosure about the health insurer's political contributions after a shout-filled, contentious annual meeting.

Health care costs for the typical family of four are projected to reach $20,728 this year, a 6.9 percent increase from last year, according to information released Tuesday.