Our September issue features articles that explore health care finance, costs, and spending in a variety of settings. Many other topics are covered, including entries in our Medicaid Financing and Ag ...

A new U.S. survey anticipates an average increase of 11 percent unless benefits are cut, the highest rate in decades. Other ...

Prescription drug prices are the fastest-growing expense for hospitals, with growth outpacing labor and service costs. At the ...

Employer health care cost increases rose from 3.7% in 2022 to 8.8% in 2026, more than doubling over that span, and many ...

Americans have long lamented the high cost of health insurance, and the situation will soon get worse. Premiums for employer-sponsored insurance will go up by another 9 percent in 2026. Public ...

National healthcare spending grew to a whopping $5.3 trillion in 2024, according to the latest numbers from CMS actuaries. But the picture isn't as bad as originally painted. That's the sentiment from ...

With health care costs constituting a major source of concern across the U.S., the American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone, everywhere, today released ...

The American health care system suffers from many misalignments of incentives, but one is particularly irksome: When individual patients make prudent decisions about their care, choosing reasonable ...

Most retirees underestimate health care costs, risking financial security. Medicare leaves significant gaps, particularly in dental, vision, hearing, and long-term care coverage. Health savings ...

Did you know that nearly half of visits to the emergency room were unnecessary or could have been treated in a different health care setting? It is a reality that is more common than it should be, and ...

Some American small businesses are being forced to drop health insurance coverage amid the nation's ongoing affordability crisis. In 2025, just 51% of firms with 10 to 24 employees offered health ...