Imagine buying a $7,500 car blind — without knowing how it compares to other models, how well it’s made or how fuel-efficient it is. Most of us simply wouldn’t do it.
But that’s exactly how we buy health care. Americans spent…

Republican lawmakers in Missouri have a problem: They’d like to reduce the number of uninsured Missourians. But they don’t want to admit that their 2005 Medicaid cuts were a mistake — or hand Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon a political victory.
Mr.…

People with spotty Medicaid eligibility — coverage that starts and stops and starts again — are nearly four times more like to end up in the hospitals with conditions like asthma and diabetes than people with continuous coverage, a new…

With the meltdown of the American financial system dominating news reports, another long-running crisis continues unchecked, squeezing American businesses and workers as never before.
Last week, the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation reported that family health insurance coverage provided by an employer now…