Leaders are worried some of the sector’s persistent challenges — like finance pressures and worker burnout — could worsen ...

No one asks questions when illness strikes. Everyone’s preoccupation is with treatment and cure. But shock commonly follows in the form of onerous medical debt — sometimes to the tune of hundreds of ...

Healthcare quality varies dramatically across the globe, with some nations establishing themselves as gold standards while ...

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 ...

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Fifteen years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, our failing health care system is exposed with all its cruel denials, disease, despair and death at the hand of the investor-owned companies ...

Iowa issued a request for proposals in July to explore privatizing prison health care, but it now says it won't award a contract to any of the vendors.

Dubbed “Right Care, Right Way,” the council’s new campaign focuses on education to avoid unnecessary emergency room visits ...