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When it comes to health care, theres no reliable way to estimate how much a procedure's going to cost. And (lucky for us), a new government report tells us theres nothing we can do about it.

More employers are turning to accountable care organizations as a lower-cost employer-sponsored benefits option with a higher quality of care, according to a report by Aon Hewitt and Polakoff Boland.

Information is a word that's bandied about in no small measure in this country when the subject of health care comes up.

The way more and more Americans receive health care coverage is changing. The old days of employers picking up the health care tab for employees and their families are gone.

Its no secret health care in the United States is undergoing a fundamental change. Rising costs, rampant litigation, ground-breaking health care reform legislation and the global recession are all wreaking havoc with the established norm.

For seniors, estimating their medical costs in advance is usually a shot in the dark.

Milliman, Seattle, recently completed its 2010 Group Health Insurance Survey, which projects an average 10.2 percent premium rate increase for January 2011 renewals for health maintenance organizations.

Advocates for consumer-driven health care (CDHC) have argued for years that there should be more transparency when it comes to revealing the true cost of medical goods and services.