The Heartland Institute

Many hospitals and doctors offer cash discounts for medical bills for their patients, regardless of income. But there's a catch: The lowest price is usually available only if the patients don't use their health insurance. The savings are impressive in some states. A Long Beach hospital recently charged a patient $6,707 for ...

A new report from the Commonwealth Fund shows more than half of insurance plans for individuals won’t survive Obamacare. The research was published in Health Affairs and conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago and Towers Watson. The fine folks at Stateline report: The study analyzed individual and group insurance ...

Surprise surprise: spreadable chocolate, while quite tasty, is not particularly good for your health. The "victims" in this case have filed suit in California, where the manufacturer of Nutella has been forced, thanks to fears of the food police, to settle for $3.5 Million to the trial lawyers. The Heritage Foundation's Mike ...

The policy centerpiece of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget proposal this year is his Medicare reform. While Ryan’s approach builds on prior efforts, it differs in important ways from his prior legislative solutions, including last year’s Path to Prosperity. Ryan’s modified approach is essentially the same as one ...

In a situation which may soon be emulated across the country, Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in California are being told they cannot keep their plans even if they like them. The decision by Anthem Blue Cross to stop offering its popular Medicare Advantage Freedom Blue RPPO means 113,000 Medicare beneficiaries in California ...

Some critics claim these clinics sacrifice quality for expediency, and collectively pose a threat to high standards of care offered in a traditional doctor’s office setting. However, this Research & Commentary package demonstrates: Retail health clinics actually help doctors’ offices by decreasing the burden associated with treatment ...