Health Care Reform

More than half of primary care physicians in Massachusetts are no longer accepting new patients, and more patients than ever are facing lengthy wait times to see

In the case of industry strength, who wins: man or machine? When trying to find the answer, professionals find themselves between a rock and a hard place.

Since its inception in 2003, health savings accounts have grown at a phenomenal rate. Today, there are more than 10 million accounts nationwide, a figure thats expected to increase significantly in the next few years.

Some children arent getting the proper medical care they needbecause parents think its too expensive.

Over the past year there has been a lot of buzz about the term medical tourism. With health care costs continually rising, the attractiveness of providing medical care at up to 90 percent savings is pretty hard to ignore.

To many, the phrase consumer-driven health care is another way of saying higher deductibles and co-pays. Make it more expensive to access medical care, the logic goes, and employees will think harder about whether that doctors visit is really necessary.

They say insurance is the one career no one really plans to follow.

When it comes to compensating and rewarding employees, more companies are going less traditional.