Health Care

Medical emergencies can lead to massive credit card debt to pay medical bills. Here's what to do. 

Will Apple, Goldman Sachs and Target help set the tone for other companies when it comes to transgender surgeries? We expose the dollars and make sense of where it’s headed 

When do you need to review your insurance coverage?

In the middle of the English countryside, Lydia Otter has made it her life’s mission to help support those with autism at Pennyhooks Care Farm -- and she is making an impact, one student at a time.

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Weight Watchers new eating plan shifts its focus from “diet” to a more holistic approach

Supermodel Christie Brinkley’s career is taking off again nearly 40 years later

Supermodel Christie Brinkley blasts Monsanto and urges customers to learn more about GMOs.

___ US companies increasingly fish for growth overseas SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home.

The CFPB found that 15 million consumers have only medical collections on their reports. Half of these consumers with only medical collections otherwise have clean credit, meaning they have no serious delinquencies and show no other signs of financial distress.

When you suffer a serious illness or injury, the bills can start stacking up fast.

The Affordable Care Act may give more people access to health insurance, but experts don’t expect it to help solve a major problem in this country: medical bankruptcies. And it's not the uninsured that are getting buried under the debt. 

Ignoring medical bills could leave your credit in more pain than you went to the doctor for.

Fewer health-care financing options populate the market since the recession. Compare the terms and conditions of the top medical credit cards and loans before you apply.

Insurance companies and government agencies are increasingly using plastic and virtual credit cards to pay doctors. But practices can request other payment methods that carry lower fees.

GE Capital's CareCredit card pays dozens of professional societies to help market its high-rate health care credit card, raising questions that could cloud the doctor-patient relationship.

Should you put the bill on your favorite rewards credit card? Here are some things to consider before pulling out your card.

A study by a pair of University of Michigan sociologists finds people who are ill and don't seek treatment because of the cost are more likely to have credit card debt than other forms of debt.

Insurance is a bet, so knowing your genetic destiny changes the odds.