Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Rhode Island have released their 2023 performance data comparing actual health care spending growth against their statewide targets. These states are ...

Although inflation has eased, many Americans say they still feel squeezed financially. Here are five areas where households ...

Before they do that, they might consider some smaller-scale reforms to curb health-care spending growth, which exceeds the ...

In the most recent National Health Expenditure (NHE) Projections, for 2024-33, Sean Keehan and colleagues at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) predict strong growth in health care ...

The national price tag for health care — that’s public and private spending — is only growing. New government estimates show it will reach more than 20% of GDP by 2033. That’s up from around 17% in ...

Not surprisingly, people in the nation’s poorest states spend the most on health care costs, a new WalletHub analysis found. Mississippi residents spend the most of their earnings on out-of-pocket ...

A box of Wegovy (semaglutide) is pictured in a refrigerator, where the drug needs to be stored as it’s not shelf-stable. Also marketed as a diabetes medication called Ozempic, the drug was approved ...

House committee chairs have been holding brainstorming sessions as Republicans chart a path forward to address rising health care costs and propose an alternative to Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Demand for GLP-1 drugs is causing spending on traditional drugs to grow at a faster clip than spending on specialty drugs, according to new research. That could put further stress on employers and ...

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” has made its way to health care and Congress has placed one critical program on the chopping block: Medicaid. This is the wrong approach. Medicaid is ...

The state has in recent years embraced several initiatives recommended in an influential healthcare workforce report, including alternative payment arrangements for primary care doctors to earn more.