Health Insurance

Medical balance billing may be damaging your credit

Medical debt is damaging the credit of right around 30 million people, according to the latest figures I've seen. What floors me about this problem is how it's both completely stealth and something that's so easily fixed once you know about it. You would expect that damaged credit because of ...

• 1:03 p.m. Monday, May 21, 2012
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Many health care expenditures preventable by changing lifestyle

As the Supreme Court gets ready to decide on Pres. Obama's health care reform in June, I read a stunning new report that so many of the ailments we spend health care money on today are avoidable with changes in diet and exercise. Fortune reports that we're closing in on ...

• 2:16 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Costco to sell individual health insurance, mortgages

With more people losing health coverage at work, Costco wants to fill the gap for its members with individual health insurance policies. The warehouse club is partnering with Aetna for what's called Costco Personal Health Insurance. Aetna has publicly stated that they will sell five varieties of plans to Costco ...

• 2:36 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Employers doing health care incentives and punishments

Employers are rolling out both incentives and punishments for employees when it comes to their health care. The Florida Sun Sentinel reports one company, if they can document that employees walk an hour a day, give employees a $200 bonus. Another company gives employees a $10 gift card when they ...

• 2:52 p.m. Friday, May 4, 2012
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Hospitals stationing bill collectors in the ER

If you thought health care couldn't get any worse in America, I'm about to shock you. The attorney general of Minnesota is investigating allegations that some hospitals are sending third party debt collectors dressed as employees into emergency rooms. During triage, these collectors will run a credit check on you ...

• 1:40 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Medicine takes a cue from retail with more customer focus

Entrepreneurs are leading medicine down a new path that will see doctors connecting with customers much like a retailer would. Massage Envy chain founder John Leonesio is at it again, according to The Arizona Republic. The serial entrepreneur wasn't happy with just taking massage from a snooty, snobby thing and ...

• 3:13 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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Insurers paying cash bounties if you seek out cheaper health care

No matter how the Supreme Court rules in June on President Obama's health care reform, the reality is we're spending too much of our nation's resources on health care. And we don't have the longevity and health of other countries that spend half of what we do! I believe the ...

• 1:05 p.m. Friday, April 13, 2012

App helps shop the lowest prescription prices

When you get a prescription, you can use the power of a smartphone to figure out where to find the cheapest deal. About two months ago, I had a prescription for antibiotics and I had no idea what it would cost. When I got to the pharmacy, I was told ...

• 1:34 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Clark reacts to the Paul Ryan budget

CLARKONOMICS: Congressman Paul Ryan -- the guy who the GOP likes to treat like the crazy uncle they'd rather lock up in the closet -- has issued a proposal that tackles head-on the problems with the promises we've made concerning Medicare and Medicaid. We spend 17% of our nation's wealth ...

• 2:13 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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A more affordable health plan

Health care in the United States is outrageously expensive. But there is a way to cut expenses by banding together with others to significantly reduce the cost of premiums.

• 12:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2012