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HSAs for Dummies: improving health insurance literacy 27 Aug 2013 | 06:24 am
Most Americans don’t understand what a health savings account (HSA) is – including people who are enrolled in the plans. While health literacy is generally acknowledged to be a public health challeng...
Chief Health Officers, Women, Are In Pain 26 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
Women are the Chief Health Officers of their families and in their communities. But stress is on the rise for women. Taking an inventory on several health risks for American women in 2013 paints a pic...
Working for health care in 2013: workers’ health insurance cost burden still grows faster than wages 21 Aug 2013 | 11:37 pm
Insurance premium costs grew 4% for families between 2012 and 2013, with workers now bearing 39% of health premiums in 2013 compared with only 26% ten years ago, in 2003. That’s a 50% increase in heal...
Needing a new kind of tracker to track #mhealth investments in 2013 15 Aug 2013 | 03:05 am
The news this week that Fitbit attracted $42 million investment capital follows Withings’ announcement of $30 million (including Euro11 million from BPIFrance, the French national investment fund), Ja...
Eat fruits and vegetables: it’s worth $11 trillion to you and the U.S. economy 12 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
More than 127,000 people die every year in America from cardiovascular disease, accruing $17 billion in medical spending. Heart disease is a “costly killer,” according to the Union of Concerned Scient...
Americans’ health insurance illiteracy epidemic – simpler is better 9 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm
Consumers misunderstand health insurance, according to new research published in the Journal of Health Economics this week. The study was done by a multidisciplinary, diverse team of researchers led ...
The health care automat – Help Yourself to healthcare via online marketplaces 8 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
Imagine walking into a storefront where you can shop for an arthroscopy procedure, mammogram, or appointment with a primary care doctor based on price, availability, quality, and other consumers’ opin...
Losing your eyebrows, finding health and beauty 6 Aug 2013 | 04:04 am
My friend Rachel leads education at Sephora in the King of Prussia Mall in suburban Philadelphia, PA. I’ve come to consider Rachel as my personal guress on all matters related to skin care. She’s a tr...
Happy today, nervous about health and money tomorrow: an Aging in America update 31 Jul 2013 | 06:03 pm
Most older Americans 60 years of age and up (57%) say the last year of their lives has been “normal” – a large increase from the 42% who said life was normal in 2012. And nearly 9 in 10 older American...
People are growing their health-consumer muscles in 2013 31 Jul 2013 | 05:20 am
Most Americans are concerned about their ability to for medical bills, even when they have health insurance. As a result, most are comfortable asking their doctor about how much their medical treat...
