Health Care

When it comes to finding a primary care physician, you can’t rely entirely on online reviews. Here are the questions to ask and the standards to look for when choosing these all-important care providers.

Turns out, it's not just your personal financial information scammers and thieves are after--they're also looking for ways to get their hands on your private medical records. 

Up until recently, COBRA was the main health insurance provider for the newly-unemployed needing medical insurance. But now the jobless have ObamaCare's online marketplaces to turn to--so how do they find the best coverage?

Growing frustration with the health-care system has more doctors becoming direct pay or cash-only practices. What does this mean for patients?

Even under Obamacare, your share of medical bills can reach thousands of dollars. Many groups offer help with prescription drug co-pays that can quickly overwhelm.

Puzzled by the card for your health plan? We decipher all the numbers and codes.

From preventive screenings to health coaches, there are a slew of services that insurers offer free or deeply discounted that people don’t take advantage of--and it could be costing them money.

Finding low-cost dental insurance is still tough--but not impossible. 

Good news! You don't have to deal with modern medicine or Obamacare all by yourself.

It’s a race to the finish line for the Affordable Care Act’s first year of open enrollment, and now 6 million have selected plans on state and federal exchanges.

Medical identity theft one of the most common forms of identity theft and growing -- so is there anything you can do to reduce your risk?

If preventive and regular health care is available, people will stay healthier and require less expensive crisis care. That's a major premise of government health care programs. The belief is prevalent, especially among supporters of programs like Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. But there hasn't been much solid research proving this notion to be true.

Despite low premiums, the health law's catastrophic option may not be a good value.

Signing up for a gym membership can be just as complicated as buying a car, and it can be just as expensive, too.