Heartland

There is a Way to Avoid Paying for Other People’s Health Care – Interview

As health care spending soars (see page 20) and health insurers increasingly delay or deny claims (see pages 7, 17), consumers are retreating to indemnity-style insurance protection, which pays a cash ...
Heartland

What Are the Major Presidential Candidates’ Plans for Health Care? – Interview

Politics may overshadow the issues in the November presidential election, but health care is on the minds of most voters. Twila Brase, president, and co-founder of the Citizens’ Council for Health ...
NPR

U.S. health care is broken. Here are 3 ways it's getting worse

One year after UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed, the crisis in U.S. health care has gotten even worse — in ways both obvious and hidden. Yet even as costs surge, the companies and the ...