Adults with severe heart failure see almost three times as many Medicare providers each year compared to a typical beneficiary, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2008.

A friend of mine got some data together and put it in a nice calculator for individuals to figure out how much money they'd have to pay with the McCain health tax.

McCain spoke disdainfully of "gold-plated" health care plans - (like the one he gets as a member of U.S. Congress) - that pay for hair transplants (why does he keep saying that? Does he knows senators who got one? or is he saying heart transplants - Cheney?)

In this poor economic climate and period of lower growth is it time to consider limiting spending on healthcare budgets? Two experts debate the issue on bmj.com today.

A case study of three health care institutions -- public, for-profit and not-for-profit -- within one metropolitan area found that self-pay patients must navigate a system that provides no guarantees medical centers will follow their own policies for providing uncompensated care.

California's state tobacco control program saved $86 billion--in 2004 dollars--in personal healthcare costs in its first 15 years, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.

Injuries caused by gun and knife crime are costing the National Health Service in excess of £3million a year, new research reveals.

The size of the financial burden on families with disabled children largely depends on which state they live in, according to a new study conducted by the schools of social work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

The pressures from an ageing population on the rising costs of healthcare in Australia will be the subject of the third annual Menzies Oration to be held at The Australian National University tonight.

Reimbursement of molecular imaging and therapies—leading to the early detection and diagnosis of many life-threatening diseases—remains an urgent and critical need as consumers face ever-increasing healthcare costs.

As they struggle to contain skyrocketing medication costs, health plans across the U.S. have responded by implementing multi-tiered formularies requiring higher copayments for 'non-preferred' medications.

Healthcare in America is among the best in the world, yet has remained at the center of debate for more than a decade. Rising costs and access to care make the system work for some, but not for others, raising a growing need for healthcare reform.