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 ...

For all workers, one area of medicine has seen claims shoot up. Between January 2023 and December 2024, inpatient ...

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 ...

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 ...

Total spending in the safety-net insurance program is expected to grow 7.9% in fiscal year 2026, according to the survey.

The House voted 217 to 212 on Friday to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government though Nov. 21. But the government appeared to inch closer to a shutdown after Democrats in the Senate ...

The highest burden of waste came from administrative costs. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported that U.S. health care spending hit ...

"We shouldn't be saying this is going to cost more." It's been a persistent question on the campaign trail and during debates, whenever presidential hopefuls Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen.