Are dentists a rip-off?

A reader wonders, is there any point in seeing a dental hygienist, and is dental insurance anything more than a rip-off?

Incapacity benefit was a lifeline after my accident – would I be so lucky now?

Tim Rushby-Smith: The cuts get personal: Welfare helped me rebuild my future after a spinal cord injury

Job prospects linked to low birth weight and childhood illness, study says

Research finds those at top of career healthier as infants while lower birth weight could mean smaller paycheck

Bupa accuses surgeons of performing unnecessary knee operations

Doctors deny private health insurer's claim that many knee arthroscopies performed on Bupa patients are unnecessary

These work capability assessments are a farce

Sue Marsh: So, politicians designed an incapacity benefits system in which virtually nobody qualifies for help. How can that be justified?

Social care report threatens to leave people vulnerable

There's big money to be made for private equity and venture capital companies and insurers under Dilnot's plans, says Ray Jones; but where will it leave vulnerable people?

Good deals on dental cover needn’t be like pulling teeth

Think about personal and family health insurance options if you want to keep your dentist bills down

Bupa cuts off mental illness payments after two years

Depression sufferer tells how his payments were cut short under two-year rule – which does not apply to other illnesses

Longer life expectancy could cheat the poor out of their pensions

Malcolm Wicks: People from poorer backgrounds tend to have shorter pension lives – a fair pension policy would reflect social variables like this

Democrats must draw the line on Medicare

Michael Tomasky: Defending Medicare from the Republicans is not just about healthcare, but the future of America itself