Here, we describe the challenges inherent in health care markets, how our approach to addressing those challenges contributes to high administrative costs, and how modest policy-based guardrails can ...

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High pharmaceutical spending is due to both the prices of drugs and utilization. United States healthcare spending increased by 7.5% in 2023* to $4.9 trillion, which is 17.6% of the gross domestic ...

The U.S. health care reimbursement system was built for a different era — one that prioritized high-stakes “cure” interventions over the nuanced “care” interventions better suited to the ongoing needs ...

The US health-care system is reaching its breaking point. Individuals, families, employees, employers, and public and private health insurance funders are all spending more for health care every year, ...

Considering the inextricable links among homelessness, poor health outcomes, and increased health care use, it’s time to empower health care leaders to embrace cross-sector collaboration, data sharing ...

American health care is getting more expensive, but Americans aren’t getting healthier. We spend $4.8 trillion annually on health care — more than any other country — only to have some of the worst ...

Tulsa, Oklahoma — Annie Wolf's open-heart surgery was just two days away when the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called, informing her that her procedure had been postponed after a major ...

The New York Police Department is trying to piece together clues that may lead to the identity of the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot in Manhattan on ...

Coming off the deadly pandemic, health care has taken center stage as a global issue. While the U.S. is facing health care struggles that include increased maternal mortality and lower life expectancy ...