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AIDS In 2012: The medical director of infectious diseases at United Medical Center tells Joanne Silberner that in addition to more frequent testing, more attention needs to be paid to keeping people with HIV under the care of a doctor.
Employers can encourage young adults to forego the office's plan and take advantage of health law provision allowing them to join their parents' policy.
AIDS In 2012: Senior policy advisor in the Office of National AIDS Policy tells Joanne Silberner the president's National HIV/AIDS Strategy has improved coordination among federal agencies and that the 2010 health law will improve access to care for those living with HIV/AIDS.
Health coaches are becoming more popular as chronic and often preventable diseases like Type 2 diabetes consume more and more health care dollars.
Child life specialists help sick children and their families navigate difficult medical situations emotionally and psychologically while in the hospital.
The cost cutting measures have raised concerns among state unions and prisoners' rights groups.
The Perry Administration's Department of Insurance has nine reviews pending on insurers that are raising premiums more than 10 percent.
Medicare data show little improvement in curbing the number of beneficiaries who are readmitted despite threats of financial penalties to hospitals.
Michelle Andrews answers a consumer question about providers requesting advance payment for medical tests and other services.
Though Texas Gov. Rick Perry likens the Medicaid expansion to adding people "to the Titanic," insurer WellPoint is grabbing for a piece of the business it thinks will grow in that state by buying Medicaid managed care provider Amerigroup. The move could mean an extra $1 billion in annual revenue for the insurer.
Mississippi family's insurance problems could remain if state decides to follow Supreme Court's option to decline Medicaid expansion.
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