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Skyrocketing health care prices have led other countries to follow Britain’s example by asking how much life is worth.

The company will sell the right to buy an individual health policy in the future even if you become sick.

About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey.

A new federal rule is expected to lower costs for federal and state governments, but public health experts predict that the higher charges may keep some from seeking treatment.

The studies were issued as President-elect Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats take aim at the plans and consider cutting the payments they receive.

The health insurer Wellpoint is testing a new program that gives covered patients the option of going to India for elective surgery.

The health insurance industry said it would support a plan requiring insurers to accept all customers, but asked that Congress require all Americans to have coverage in return.

After a Senate inquiry found evidence of deceptive marketing, AARP has hired an outside investigator to look into sales of some of its popular health insurance products.

More than half of Americans with chronic health problems skip pills and doctors’ appointments because of their costs, according to a new survey.

Many workers are finding that the buffet of options in their medical plans has been trimmed to a very short menu.