by admin | Mar 22, 2010 | Paying for health care
Study casts doubt on whether financial rating tools are reliable Less expensive physicians may not help reduce U.S. health-care costs, a new study suggests. Insurance plans that use financial incentives and other methods to encourage patients to receive care from...
by admin | Mar 21, 2010 | Paying for health care
Federal law protects your privacy as a patient. Find out what your rights are. When you visit a doctor, you may wonder how your personal information will be used. Can your employer find out you’re being treated for depression? Will your health insurer be told...
by admin | Mar 20, 2010 | Paying for health care
As lifesaving devices increase, so do the number of heart attack survivors, Japanese study finds. In Japan, where AEDs are available nationwide, a study found that about 14 percent of people who had bystander-witnessed cardiac arrest from an irregular heart rhythm...
by admin | Mar 19, 2010 | Paying for health care
Having trouble paying for your Part D coverage? Here’s a program that could help. Even with Medicare Part D, it’s not always easy to pay for prescriptions. They’re expensive after all, and Medicare can only cover so much. And for those on a fixed...
by admin | Mar 15, 2010 | Senior health
Major U.S. trial will enroll thousands to examine links between hypertension, Alzheimer’s. In the ongoing struggle to find treatments — and maybe one day even a cure — for dementia, researchers are focusing their attention on high blood pressure,...
