Group: US Health Care Worse Off
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American workers are paying more for their health insurance and getting less than they were four years ago, and the situation is particularly acute in several states important in the presidential race, said a consumer group that has been critical of
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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Health insurance may be out of reach for more Americans as medical costs rose faster than worker income in the first half of the year, according to a closely watched survey released on Thursday.
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Health aides in Maryland's largest Medicaid home care program often end up earning less than the federal minimum wage.
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A new study presents stark evidence that high medical payments do not buy high-quality patient care.
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In Tennessee, nearly a half-million people are warned they could lose their government-supported health care. In Maine, the move is in the opposite direction - the state is expanding its
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In the past four years, Americans have spent an ever-growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, forcing millions into the ranks of
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A doctors group expects a serious shortfall of family physicians in at least five states by 2020.
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Most Democrats say "socialized medicine" would be better than the current U.S. health care system, while most Republicans say it would be worse, a poll by the Harvard School of Public Health showed on Thursday.
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For-profit nursing homes and hospitals  on average provide an inferior quality of care compared with  their nonprofit peers, according to an extensive review of  studies published on Tuesday.
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The gap between rises in U.S. health insurance premiums and wages is at its widest point in six years, a survey said on Tuesday, which experts said puts workers in a perilous position should the economy turn sour.
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More and more people lack health insurance. Don't be one of them.
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An extra 1.3 million Americans slid into poverty in 2003 while health care cover also fell, official figures show.
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The gap between rises in health insurance premiums and wages is at its widest point in six years, a survey said on Tuesday, which experts said puts workers in a perilous position should the economy turn sour.
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Business & money: New research indicates almost three-quarters of people are worse off as a result of looking after a disabled or chronically sick relative.
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This yearâs report reveals a 17.5 percent improvement in Americaâs overall health during the past 15 years. However, the report also shows that the rate of improvement is slowing significantly due to a
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Iraq's health system is in a far worse condition than before the war, a British medical charity says.