Health care

Looking into how your 2025 insurance plan covers your existing doctors and prescriptions can help fend off surprise bills later.

There’s been a nationwide spike in norovirus outbreaks, according to data from the CDC. The CDC defines an outbreak as “an occurrence of two or more similar illnesses resulting from a common exposure,” caused or suspected to be cause by a norovirus. They say each year, there are approximately 2,500 norovirus outbreaks in the United States. “It’s the most...

Cases of norovirus, or the stomach bug, are spiking, including here in Connecticut, according to CDC data. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself.

Health insurers are increasingly interfering in care, an NBC News investigation found. Doctors say the stakes are highest in cancer care, when delays can be the difference between life and death.

Health care sharing ministries advertise reimbursements for members’ medical bills. But they are largely unregulated, and most have restrictions on maternity coverage.

The secretary can appoint members to a CDC advisory panel that makes recommendations on vaccinations.

In a news conference on Tuesday, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg discussed the charges for the shooting of Brian Thompson on Dec. 4. 

The leader of UnitedHealth Group wrote that the health insurance executive gunned down on a Manhattan sidewalk last week cared about consumers and was working to make the system better.

For 15 years, Donna and Gary Lindabury, of Vylas, North Carolina, lived with the financial equivalent of an anvil over their heads: a medical debt owed to a nonprofit hospital that at one point reached $200,000.

No arrests have been made in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot Wednesday in midtown Manhattan.

The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has opened the door for many people to vent their frustrations and anger over the insurance industry. The feelings of exasperation, anger, resentment, and helplessness toward insurers aren’t new. But the shooting and the headlines around it have unleashed a new wave of patients sharing such sentiments and personal stories of interactions with insurance...

For many Americans, finding affordable long-term care is a challenge. One congressman wants to create a federal program to help.

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Some Hartford HealthCare facilities will see armed guards next year after workers spoke out about acts of violence against them from both patients and visitors. Back in September, union members with CHCA District 199 who work at the Hospital of Central Connecticut’s Bradley Memorial Campus in Southington spoke out about clashes with patients that turned physical, and pointed to the…

Six Hartford Healthcare facilities are set to have armed security in 2025.

A nonprofit substance abuse network celebrated the opening of its first primary care center in Waterbury on Friday. McCall Behavioral Health Network will provide primary care services including preventative care, vaccinations, health screenings as well as an adolescent services program. “We can take care of their primary care needs, we can take care of their mental health needs, kids, adults,…

The cost of generic drugs for many people could go up if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his promise to impose sweeping tariffs on products from China and other foreign countries, policy experts say.

National Rural Health Day is a day to honor and thank efforts of rural healthcare providers, communities and organizations. Connecticut is being impacted by the nationwide crisis of these communities losing medical resources.

The physician and TV personality’s views on health policy have evolved significantly over the years.

Connecticut’s Medicaid expenses are on pace for a $220 million budget shortfall.