Innovation in the current economic and political climate

If you get sick while travelling or if you're in the middle of an emergency, the last thing you want to do is waste time looking up the nearest doctor covered by your health insurance company. Now customers of UnitedHealthcare in the US can download an application to their iPhone that takes the stress...

Today's Wall Street Journal carries an interesting report, which describes how a number of web sites are trying to make healthcare pricing more transparent. Similar to other consumer price comparison pages, these sites 'give consumers a rough idea of typical costs in their area...' Of course...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's incoming center-right government is at odds over how to deal with Germany's health-care system, whose funding is under increasing strain. The pro-business Free Democratic Party, Ms. Merkel's partner in a new governing coalition, is calling for a radical reorganization...