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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 ...

Cottle: The majority of long-term care — if you’re talking about chronic illness or just age or somebody to watch a parent ...

Joshua Resnikoff explains why health insurance isn’t always beneficial to families suffering from genetic diseases and outlines how earlier intervention could realign accountability and care ...

For patients and staff alike, the impulsive reaction is universal: everyone wants to scream. This is the sound of the healthcare system breaking. From the outside, patient access looks simple: answer ...

Healthcare in the United States is in crisis and requires immediate action. Compared to other wealthy countries, we are an extreme outlier in terms of costs, outcomes, and service quality. We spend ...

Two moments in 2025 revealed how vulnerable the U.S. health care system has become. The first was quiet but consequential. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised parts of its ...

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, ...