Older Persons Action Group
Spenard - Anchorage:
Trade war and the cost of health care
Why has the cost of health care risen so dramatically in the United States during the last few decades? Could be mergers, buyout, and concentration of ownership in the industry world-wide – a new version of the old robber barons. Could be lax federal regulation of the cost of health care due to industry-influenced politics. Might include collusio...
How much will health care cost in retirement?
Health care is the one spending category that consistently fails to decline in retirement.
How Big Data Could Transform The Health Care Industry
Emerging technologies are paving the way to the personalized medicine of the future.
How to Cut Costs on Health Care
For most families, employers still pay the bulk of the cost, but you can do a lot to lower your out-of-pocket expenses.
"New Rules" to Guide Health Care Redesign
To understand how the transformation of the health care system is playing out under the Affordable Care Act, Commonwealth Fund researchers have been observing the Leadership Alliance, which brings together leaders from 40 health systems to learn from one another and chart a new course.
Why Design Is Critical to Health Care's Future
Innovators at Thomas Jefferson University are trying to change the way medicine thinks about redesigning the patient experience.
How These 3 Technologies Are Disrupting the Health Care Industry
As we all know, health care is ripe for disruption.
How Health Care Can Innovate, Create Value
Organizations need to move beyond earlier models of success to be 'attractive' in the future.
How the 15-Minute Doctor’s Appointment Hurts Health Care
You would probably revolt if your car mechanic told you that your time was up and gave back the keys. But physicians face pressure to mind the clock while they examine you.
Why Luxury TVs Are Affordable when Basic Health Care Is Not
Monopoly products and services go up in price, while competitive ones go down.
Making Appointments Fast and Easy Must Be Health Care’s Top Priority
The industry needs to choose one keystone habit to focus on.
Why Are Millions of Insured Americans Still Struggling To Pay For Health Care?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed into law with several lofty goals — including making health insurance available to all Americans…
Why are doctors burned out? Our health care system is a complicated web
In a survey of physicians, overhauling electronic health record systems led the list of recommendations for decreasing dissatisfaction and burnout.
What the health care law means for you
Use our interactive tool to see how the health-care law affects your health-insurance coverage and taxes.
How to Enroll for Health Care Coverage
It’s open enrollment time and that means signing up for health care coverage. Get some of the facts you may need to know -- from signing up, to what you’ll b...
How to Surmount Health Care's Interoperability Challenge
The once arcane concept of interoperability among information technology systems has become a mainstream issue, rising from the back rooms of IT departments up to C-suites and the boardroom.
How Millennial Doctors Will Shape the Future of Health Care
Millennials have differences and strengths that their older counterparts don’t. Find out why their unique skills offer promise for health care's future.
How to save on health care when planning retirement
Few people account for health care costs when planning their savings. These tips will help keep high doctors' bills at bay.
What Could Health Care Cost You in Retirement?
As you think about health care expenses in retirement, there are several considerations.
The Easy Way to Beat the High Cost of Health Care in Retirement
Out-of-pocket healthcare costs may total $318,000 in your retirement, new research shows. This expense is most peoples' biggest worry. But it needn't be.
How A.I. is Transforming Health Care
Learn about the current and emerging applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare — a WebMD Special Report on the promising future of AI in medicine.
