Factbox: Value-based insurance in practice
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new U.S. health insurance model uses financial sticks and carrots to steer patients toward the most beneficial care. The model, known as value-based insurance design,...
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In healthcare experiment, patients pay more for ‘bad’ medicine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Tanner Martin, 17, developed excruciating back pain last year, he was sure he needed an X-ray to find out what was wrong. So was his...
Obamacare enrollment in California surges
NEW YORK (Reuters) - California's Obamacare insurance marketplace experienced a surge in enrollment last week, officials said on Thursday, offering welcome news for President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare law from...
Tongue controller for the paralyzed offers greater independence
NEW YORK (Reuters) - From fashion statement to...wheelchair controller? In an advance that promises to improve the lives of the more than 250,000 people in the United States who are...
FDA warns Google-backed 23andMe to halt sales of genetic tests
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned 23andMe, a company backed by Google Inc, to halt sales of its genetic tests because they have not received regulatory...
U.S. preterm births fall to 15-year low, still worst in developed world
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rate of preterm births in the United States dropped to a 15-year low of 11.5 percent in 2012, according to a report released on Friday,...
Computer cracks CAPTCHAs in step toward artificial intelligence
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A technology start-up said on Monday that it had come up with software that works like a human brain in one key way: it can crack...
Insight: As Obamacare tech woes mounted, contractor payments soared
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As U.S. officials warned that the technology behind Obamacare might not be ready to launch on October 1, the administration was pouring tens of millions of...
Insight: As Obamacare tech woes mounted, contractor payments soared
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As U.S. officials warned that the technology behind Obamacare might not be ready to launch on October 1, the administration was pouring tens of millions of...
Analysis: IT experts question architecture of Obamacare website
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Days after the launch of the federal government's Obamacare website, millions of Americans looking for information on new health insurance plans were still locked out of...