The Trump administration recently advanced a new phase of sweeping tariffs intended to address what it characterizes as unfair trade practices and persistent trade deficits. Since the spring, tariff ...

The aging US population is increasing demand for healthcare, with those aged 65+ projected to rise by 47% by 2050. Workforce shortages and employee burnout are major challenges, with nearly half of ...

Administrative costs account for almost a quarter of total US health care spending. Other nations spend a much smaller share (of their much smaller spending) on administrative costs. While high ...

The American health care system is in crisis. President Donald Trump and some in Congress essentially want to make cuts to both Medicare and Medicaid to address the increasing cost issues. While there ...

A new report by the Commonwealth Fund has revealed the states with the best and worst health care systems, based on 50 different measures. Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Hampshire and Rhode Island were at ...

Why is health care so staggeringly difficult to use? How do we fix it? To move forward, we first must look back, because the system we have today was not really designed, it evolved, notes Ariela ...

Researchers found health system performance is worse for many people of color. Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are evident in every state, even those with robust health systems, according ...

The highest burden of waste came from administrative costs. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported that U.S. health care spending hit ...

The world’s wealthiest woman has a blunt diagnosis of the sickness she has set out to cure. “Health care is going to break and bankrupt American companies, and America itself, if we don’t change it,” ...