Why does your doctor seem so rushed and dismissive? That bedside manner may be the result of the health care system.

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, ...

The author highlights reasons why we have not seen substantial cost savings in the health care industry and why future efforts are likely to continue to see forceful pushback, as well as offers ...

Ben Zdencanovic does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Two moments in 2025 revealed how vulnerable the U.S. health care system has become. The first was quiet but consequential. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised parts of its ...

Many Americans are struggling to pay their medical bills due to inadequate health insurance coverage or claim denials at the hands of private insurers. Insurers deny between 10% and 20% of health care ...

Americans spend far more on health care than anywhere else in the world but we have the lowest life expectancy among large, wealthy countries. A lot of that can be explained by the unique aspects of ...

Many critics of the U.S. health care system claim the tragic murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is understandable because health insurance companies occasionally refuse to cover certain ...

The United States health care system was deemed the worst overall compared to 10 similar nations, according to analysis from a leading health research nonprofit. “Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of ...

On Halloween, my sixteen-year-old daughter slipped and fell on some broken glass. She came home from a party with a nasty-looking gash on one of her fingers, and I persuaded her to go to a local ...