Consumer Driven Health Care

The newly launched IHT World LLC was created in an effort to counter the high costs of health care by offering custom packages for employer self-funded plans and using medical tourism and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to help businesses cut their health care costs.

Most Americans are frustrated by decisions that limit the use of high-cost prescriptions and treatments, according to a survey by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Alliance for Aging Research.

The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn't need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon.

What has me scratching my head is this little tidbit: Our biggest article this year (pun intended) was not about the economy or health care mandates or the Supreme Court ruling. It was about overweight people.

The battle of growing waistlines in America has been nothing new, but 2012 may be the year that people will fight a little harder.

So, why are U.S. health care costs so much higher than health care costs in Europe or in the rich countries in Asia? Doctors are trying to refute allegations that they might be the culprits.

The holidays arent easy on a lot of thingsincluding waistlines. On average, most people gain at least one pound each holiday season, and while it may not seem like much, it adds up. And people who are already overweight tend to gain more. Thats a trend Kaiser Permanente is trying...

Obese Americans have smaller paychecks than those who arent overweight, according to researchers from George Washington University. And the difference is particularly prominent in women.