Healthcare jobs fuel revival in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — While most of the nation is still trying to claw its way out of the deep economic crater left by the recession, this...

Itemized medical bills should be standard operating procedure

It's tough enough to be without health insurance. But do healthcare providers have to make it even worse by treating you like a moron?

Hospital violated patient confidentiality, state says

State regulators determined that a Redding hospital owned by Prime Healthcare Services Inc. violated patient confidentiality by sharing a...

Union abandons California ballot measures in deal with hospitals

SACRAMENTO — A labor union that pushed a pair of ballot measures that would have reined in excessive hospital billing and expanded...

Healthcare pricing still a struggle for consumers

Californians are still struggling to get straight answers about the cost of common medical procedures despite state efforts aimed at lifting...

Health insurers to give $1.3 billion in rebates, study finds

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers and employers will receive about $1.3 billion in rebates from insurance companies this year, according...

Molina Healthcare fights to keep growing

Healthcare companies are tripping over themselves to profit from a flood of government contracts for treating the poor and disabled, and a...

E. Richard 'Rick' Brown dies at 70; pioneer in study of public health

E. Richard "Rick" Brown, the founding director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research who pioneered the collection and wide...

Experts see hopeful signs on eating disorders

April Dunlap was 17 and weighed 165 pounds when she began a diet and exercise regimen. After three months, the 5-foot-5 teen had lost the 20...

Healthcare reform is about lives, not just politics

Dale Berman doesn't just have a rooting interest in the Supreme Court upholding the healthcare reform law. You could say his life depends on...

Is healthcare a privilege or a right?

One of the most striking take-aways from this week's U.S. Supreme Court hearings on the healthcare reform law was the steadfast insistence...

Two years later, foes of Obama healthcare law outspend supporters

In the two years since President Obama’s healthcare legislation became law, $262 million has been spent on television advertising...

Supreme Court appears unlikely to put off healthcare ruling

The Supreme Court justices, beginning an epic debate over the Obama administration's healthcare law, gave no sign Monday they are inclined...

In healthcare case, Supreme Court weighs entwined provisions

Like most Americans, Lauren Woodard has mixed feelings about President Obama's healthcare law. She's glad the law guarantees that she'll...

Skeptical Kennedy signals trouble for Obama's healthcare law

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices sharply attacked the insurance mandate that is at the heart of President Obama’s...