Taking Account of Rising Health Care Costs

Have your out-of-network insurance bills skyrocketed? Chris Hamby, an investigative reporter for The Times, may have an explanation. Read More

FTC chief says tech advancements risk health care price fixing

Technological advances including the widespread use of algorithms make it easier for companies to fix prices without explicitly coordinating, Lina Khan said. Read More

Rising prescription drug costs pricing pharmacies out of business

Filling a prescription is becoming harder and harder for some consumers as pharmacies are in the midst of what the industry is calling "a crisis." Eighty pharmacies have closed in Pennsylvania since ... Read More

Health care goes OTC

As is par for the course these days, my inbox this month has been filled with diabetes tech announcements: Edgepark is adding a new insulin delivery system to its portfolio, Insulet’s Omnipod is fueli ... Read More

Pritzker heralds passage of health insurance legislation amid cost hike warnings

Health insurance procedures will look different in Illinois if legislation advancing through Springfield becomes law, but some are concerned about the cost to taxpayers. In the latest push for health ... Read More

Health insurance reforms said to lower health care costs clears IL House, heads to Senate

For far too long, insurance companies, and not doctors, have been free to determine what treatment options patients should have and how quickly they can receive it,” said Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Read More