The latest West Health-Gallup survey is a blunt instrument that exposes what many already feel: the American health care system is breaking under the weight of private profit. Released last month, the ...

American health care costs are cannibalizing the economy, with 2024 national health expenditures reaching $5.3 trillion, double the developed-world average, and hidden prices being the main reason for ...

Why another big swing at health care reform is coming.

Here’s a piece of Republican rhetoric that used to be ubiquitous but that you never hear anymore: America has the best health-care system in the world. Republican politicians liked this line because ...

There is broad bipartisan agreement that the health-care system in the United States is broken. Our country just endured the longest government shutdown ever, and it was largely over health care.

Health care costs are shared throughout the system. If large numbers of Texans lose coverage, they will start relying on ERs for care, and those costs will be passed on and worsen the affordability ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Monday that President Trump could “literally collapse” the American health care system as a partisan battle rages amid the government shutdown. “I don’t mean to be ...

The School of Law will host a lecture with Elisabeth Rosenthal, an award-winning journalist, published author and former health care professional, Monday, March 6, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the School ...

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 ...