Part B drug payment policy. Boring. Obscure. But an ongoing battle over these policies will affect you — especially what you pay for drugs.

Next year’s premiums for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act could rise more than in past years in most markets and declines might be rare, according to a preliminary analysis of insurers’ plans.

A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

The annual cost of health care for a typical family of four with employer-sponsored insurance has skyrocketed over the past few years to over $25,000 in 2016—yet more Americans say they can afford the bills.

Even when patients make concerted efforts to see doctors covered by their insurance plans at in-network facilities, they run the risk of unknowingly being treated by other out-of-network providers during that visit. A new state bill would protect people from paying hefty surprise medical bills stemming from such out-of-network charges.

Physician influence can be bought for as little as a $20 meal, UCSF researchers have found.