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

Last month's suspected ransomware attack on a major health technology company has sent the health care system reeling — costing providers an estimated $100 million daily as payment disruptions ...

Berwick, MD, a pediatrician, is the former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and President Emeritus at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Williams, ScD, an epidemiologist, ...

Dallas doctor says the American health care system is deeply broken. We need a long, sustained effort at reform.

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.

High pharmaceutical spending is due to both the prices of drugs and utilization. United States healthcare spending increased by 7.5% in 2023* to $4.9 trillion, which is 17.6% of the gross domestic ...

Coming off the deadly pandemic, health care has taken center stage as a global issue. While the U.S. is facing health care struggles that include increased maternal mortality and lower life expectancy ...

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 United States continues to drag behind other industrialized nations when it comes to healthcare, according to new research from the Commonwealth Fund. America ranked last overall among 10 ...

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 ...

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 ...