Why do rural patients pay higher health care premiums? New research finds it's not primarily an issue of having too few doctors.

New research debunks what some people have called the "magnet effect," an idea that immigrants will move states for better public health care benefits.

After acquisition by for-profit dialysis chains, survival rates fell by as much as 2.9%, and patients were 8.5% less likely to get a transplant or join a transplant waiting list during their first year.

When you take five-year view, the costs and benefits of therapy and medication for major depression end up being about the same, research finds.

New research documents an increase in chronic illness diagnoses and care after Medicaid expansion in Michigan.

"Surgeons often discuss the emotional and physical side-effects of treatment, yet we rarely discuss the costs."

"...for Medicare beneficiaries with $20,000 to $80,000 in annual drug spending, using only brand-name drugs could actually save them money."

Giving women a year's supply of birth control pills would save money and prevent pregnancies, according to research with veterans.

New rules for Medicare reimbursement push more of the cost burden to hospitals that serve wealthier patients.