In this Chicago Tribune article, learn what challenges remain in Illinois and across the U.S. when it comes to health insurance.

On January 4, 2017, as California lawmakers, both new and old, make their way to the state Capitol building, healthcare is on the minds of many. The state could lose $20 billion – “That’s how much the state stands to lose in annual federal spending if Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act,” according to the Los… Continue reading New California Legislature Gathering – Healthcare on the Docket

In this article, originally published on CBS Denver, learn about how Colorado’s transportation, education and health care spending will not grow as hoped.

By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline A health care startup made a wild pitch to Cara Waller, CEO of the Newport Orthopedic Institute in Newport Beach. The company said it could get patients more engaged by “automating” physician empathy. It “almost made me nauseous,” she said. How can you automate something as deeply personal as empathy?… Continue reading Hospitals Employ Email ‘Empathy’ To Help Doctors And Patients Keep In Touch

By Rob Smith for Puget Sound Business Journal The Washington Health Alliance has been tapped to participate in a national effort to reduce the cost of health care. The Seattle-based nonprofit organization, which consists of 175 health-care groups across the state, works to bring price transparency to health care, with the goal of reducing costs.… Continue reading Washington Health Alliance Joins National Effort to Reduce Price Confusion

By Sarah Kliff for Vox.com In 2006, about one in 10 employees had a health insurance deductible over $1,000. Today? About half do. To health economists, this sounded like good news; they’ve long theorized that higher deductibles would force down health-care costs. The idea was that higher deductibles would make patients become smarter shoppers: If they had… Continue reading This Study Is Forcing Economists to Rethink High-Deductible Health Insurance

The Shield Story Shield HealthCare was founded in 1957 as a small prescription pharmacy business and has since developed not only as a leading provider of incontinence, urology, ostomy, enteral nutrition, and wound products, but also as a partner in the day-to-day lives of our customers. The Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company purchased Shield in 1990, and in 2006 the… Continue reading History of Shield HealthCare