Life & Health

They often provide no benefit, but half a million procedures a year occur (at $20,000 apiece) because of healthcare's flawed financial structure.

Drugs can be wildly expensive, while doing little. The solution: doctors who prescribe as if they’re the patient, using their own money.

Many employers assume an executive order insulates them against the employer mandate and other penalties; the IRS disagrees.

A well-intended program to give discounted prescription drugs to poor Americans creates perverse incentives and hurts healthcare quality.

The line from Star Trek (sort of) leads to a key question: Can life insurance become as hot and sexy as sci-fi, or at least an iPhone?

The tax cuts being considered in the U.S. Congress will affect charitable giving in ways that should be considered for estate planning.

The real problem with healthcare starts with the root of the issue, namely health. The answer is staring us in the face.

Anyone who actually takes Interactive Health’s advice on how to avoid diabetes is likely to increase their odds of getting diabetes.