Consumer Driven Health Care

There is mounting evidence that wellness programs can significantly lower health costs when implemented with proper incentives.

The obesity drug market will increase more than six-fold over the next decade, increasing from $420 million in 2010 to $2.6 billion in 2020 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

If older Americans lost 10 percent of their weight, Medicare would save $8 billion over the next decade and $35 billion over their lifetime, new research suggests.

Many workers will see their health insurance costs rise less next year than in more than a decade, partly because consumers are dialing back their health care use, a benefits consultant has found.

For the past decade, health care costs have continued to rise, which can be attributed to an aging population, more expensive drugs and higher utilization.

A new report shows the flu is more of a pain than just a runny nose and a fever. According to a Walgreens study, last flu season resulted in 100 million lost works days, along with nearly $7 billion in lost wages and 32 million missed school days.

The number of young adults without health insurance has dropped significantly, a new survey finds, thanks to a provision of President Barack Obama's health care law allowing them to stay on their parents' plans.

We are still finding out what is in PPACA, even 18 months after its passage. Above all, the on-going regulatory process has perpetuated this journey.