Laura Joszt

While the demand for long-term care will only continue to increase as Americans age, states are still battling tight fiscal budgets that prevent them from keeping up with demand.

The financial crisis exposed the country's low level of financial literacy and not much has changed in the last six years. How well does your state teach financial literacy to its citizens?

Being an employed physician may be more common today, but physicians who are co-owners or partners of a practice are more satisfied with their careers.

Just as physicians are responsible for doing no harm to a patient medically, they should help patients avoid financial harm as a result of health care, according to a JAMA article.

Recently, there has been a surge in urgent care centers as a result of consumer demand, but hospitals and health plans say they see the benefits as well.

Retirement is the supposed "golden years," although they've become stressful and rather shorter in recent times. However, residents of these states enjoy the longest retirements.

The retirement savings situation is tough enough with the median retirement balance just $3,000 for all working-age households, but historically low interest rates certainly aren't helping.

As the health care industry is poised to go through a number of changes, American confidence in the U.S. medical system is among the lowest it has been since the early 1990s.

Since 2009 health industry consolidation is up 50%, and is only expected to continue. However, the health industry's move toward physician integration may actually drive costs up.

Physicians are not happy with electronic health record systems, and some of them are doing something about it - they're dropping out of the EHR Incentive Program.

Paris, London and Barcelona and well-known and well-loved travel destinations, but these 10 European cities are just starting to show up on tourists' radars.

Whether or not they're happy with the impending implementation of Obamacare, physicians are dropping the ball when it comes to discussing health care reform with their patients.

The Obama administration has bowed to the concerns of businesses and announced that it is delaying part of the Affordable Care Act for one year.

New medical school graduates aren't quite feeling the entrepreneurial spirit. More than half of new physicians prefer to be employed either by a hospital or an academic center.

Health care spending is already slowing and the growth rate is expected to dip even lower in 2014 because of ACA and new delivery models. However, new specialty drugs are one factor putting upward pressure on spending.

Since investing involves doing as much research as possible, it's not surprising that investors should take to Twitter to follow the latest news and updates on the stocks they're considering.

Although experts have been talking about the economic recovery for years and there have been positive signs, Americans still says the economy is their biggest worry, followed closely by the deficit.

Everyone expects and desires something different out of their retirement. For some people, retirement is a start to a second life - this time overseas.

Health care organizations are stepping it up when recruiting newly trained physicians. Since physician demand will only increase with the 2014 implementation of health care reform, recruiters need to act earlier than ever.

Financial management issues are the biggest challenges facing medical practice executives as they struggle to adapt to rapid changes, legislative pressures and fiscal uncertainty.

information technology adoption and utilization has been pushed for years now in the health industry, but the rate can vary greatly from state to state. How does your state compare?

Across the country, violent crime increased last year for the first time in five years and the country's most dangerous cities haven't exactly reformed their ways.

The current concentration of physicians in urban and suburban areas means most states and primary care service areas currently have shortages.

Roughly a quarter of Americans have less than $100 in savings, although less people said they would turn to family members for assistance in the event of a financial emergency.

Investor optimism reached its highest level in more than two years, although investors are split on whether the market benefits the average American.

With the looming physician shortage not expected to go away, the health care industry is trying to find a way to fill the gaps. Two sides argue whether or not using NPs to fill gaps where physicians are needed is an acceptable course of action.

For years, obesity has been an increasing issue in the U.S. And although the percentage of obese and overweight Americans has slowed recently, these states got the fattest the fastest since 2000.

If you've been paying any attention, you have heard about the retirement crisis - people don't have nearly enough money saved and they're living longer than ever. But the shortfall may be worse than most people realize.

Although rural areas, where health care providers might not be close or easily accessible to patients, could really benefit from telemedicine, its users are more likely to live in an urban area.

Although there are still months to go until the health care reform law's health insurance exchanges need to be up and running, things are behind schedule, according to a new study.