Columns

There was a time not that long ago that a patient might never see a medical bill, much less have to read it.

People spend more time buying a car or choosing furniture than they do picking a primary care physician, according to the American Institute for Preventative Medicine.

Even if you have terrific health care insurance from your company, you know this: Your out of pocket costs are rising.

It’s a small wonder that the process of getting quality health care in this country can be a frustrating experience.

Charles Schwab - yes that Charles Schwab - and the  CEO of that brokerage firm Walt Bettinger, wrote a barnburner of a column today.

There has been a mystique around hedge funds -- many of us consider them attractive mainly because they have been out of reach.

It's been six months since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Sometimes economists and other talking heads get so deep in the numbers that it’s hard for them to remember that they are talking about real people.

One story we have ignored for the last few days – new efforts to reform the tax code.

It's a tradition this time of year.

It was an ugly day in the markets yesterday.

In the Park Avenue salons where the rich and thin gather here in New York City, one of their favorite targets are the obese.

It's been six months since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

This weekend my husband and I were traveling home from Canada where we were visiting a relative with health issues.

Remember the old TV ad that showed a senior on the floor of their home, saying “I’ve fallen down and I can’t get up”?

Our top story on the Willis Report tonight was charities giving little - or none - of the money they raise to help people in need.

Watching Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old with end-stage cystic fibrosis, and her mother beg for consideration to receive a lung from the adult donor list has been heart-wrenching.

New Jersey officials today are applauding the fact that 95% of insurance claims in the wake of superstorm Sandy have been settled.

  When it comes to your privacy, there is one industry that make it their business to know your secrets.

  I’m a big fan of keeping my personal information personal.