American life expectancy has hit an all-time high. This progress is largely the product of medical innovation. Our leaders ...

There is a solution to astronomical health care prices: a single-payer (Medicare for All) health care system.“ ...

Readers express concerns over the U.S. health care system, political leadership, and foreign policy. Several letters critique ...

Throughout 2025, the federal government and several state healthcare systems advanced new restrictions on diversity, equity, ...

We are trying to fix health care as if it were complicated. In reality, health care is complex.

Americans have increasingly negative opinions about the U.S. health care system, according to the results of a new poll. The survey released on Wednesday by The Economist/YouGov found that a 54 ...

Beth Scott, director of case management at the Patient Advocate Foundation, said that their services are more in-demand than ...

Among ten peer nations, Americans live the shortest lives and are the least healthy, despite the United States spending the most on healthcare, according to a recent Commonwealth Fund study. The U.S.

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 ...

A common thread in efforts to improve the system is to become more patient-centered, as emphasized in the landmark Institute of Medicine Report, “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” nearly 25 years ago. To ...

By combining modern medical science with traditional practices such as Ayurveda and Yoga, this approach offers a balanced ...