Life & Health

. . . and Stand Up to suicide. Every suicide death is preventable; not another person should die in desperation and alone.

The Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle shows how disclosure can do so much to reduce errors and build trust with patients.

The author has repeatedly pointed out major problems with wellness claims but says the industry won't respond. Now, he's upping the ante.

Customers are making choices, and insurers are in the middle of getting rates approved. The time for Congress to act is now.

Even a rebate to employees of less than 1% of healthcare premiums may add up to thousands of dollars of workers' comp expense.

Firms have been paying for phantom savings for decades because of poorly conceived networks of preferred physican organizations.

Congress is unlikely to pass the industry's attempt at reforming Workers' Compensation Medicare Set Asides. Changes are needed.

Using the logic of those who claim that healthcare spending is out of control, the U.S. also faces a spending crisis on phones and pet care.