When that important link is broken, your health gets worse and the costs borne by the whole health care system for your treatment rise.

"Looking ahead, once we refine the process further, we expect to be able to reduce the cost [of the cancer drug Taxol] by half."

When people over 65 lose Medicaid coverage, they stop seeing their doctors for preventive care due to high costs. This in turn leads to worse health outcomes and higher health care costs.

Researchers found that nearly 74% of patients who reached out about a billing mistake received bill corrections. For those who negotiated their bills, nearly 62% saw a price drop.

Making hospital EDs ready to provide basic health care to kids could cost as little as $4 to $8 per patient while improving survival rates.

Greater use of pharmacists to treat minor illnesses could potentially save millions of dollars in health care costs, researchers report.

"As with insulin, our patients are facing parallel challenges in accessing other new non-insulin diabetes and anti-obesity medications."

Health-related costs top older adults' concerns for people their age, a new poll finds.

"Health insurance should help people, not hold them back, or push them further behind when it comes to wages and income equality."