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Health Care Is the Largest Industry in the US by Total Spending and Employment

Story at-a-glance America spent $5.3 trillion on health care in 2024.1 That’s not a typo, and it’s not someone else’s problem — it directly affects what you pay, what care you rece...

[Rappler Investigates] When health is wealth in a poor country

'Family members line up in government offices in hopes of securing assistance and temporary relief, in the absence of a more systematic and developed healthcare system'

Healthcare Preview for the Week of: April 27, 2026 [Podcast]

Hospital systems in the spotlight This week’s main healthcare item is the much-anticipated House Ways and Means Committee hearing with hospital system executives. The hearing foll...

Lawmakers Pass Bill Targeting Health Care Costs

Poll: Weighing the Financial Burden of Health Care

In the fictional hospital TV show The Pitt, a Latino family man is rushed to the hospital after passing out at his job.   The cause of his fall?  The man, who has diabetes, had onl...

New Zeal for Quality Healthcare

[Daily News] DODOMA -- MINISTER for Health, Mr Mohamed Mchengerwa has tabled a 1.8tri/- budget estimates for the 2026/2027 financial year, outlining 11 key priority areas, includin...

Doctors and Consumers in America Agree: Health Care Access and Affordability Rank Top of Mind in March 2026 (surveys fro...

In uncannily-timed releases of two surveys in March 2026, we see that U.S. physicians and consumers both rank health care access and affordability as the top issue they face — for...

Health Insurance Companies Care About You. Agree or Disagree?

We put a doctor and a former insurance executive in a room.

The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community healthcare workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.

Rising Health Costs Push Some Middle-Aged Adults to Skip the Doc Until Medicare

People on Affordable Care Act plans nearing retirement age experienced some of the largest price increases following the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies at the end of Dece...

‘Govt committed to provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare facilities to people’

Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo today visited JVC Hospital Bemina to inspect the functioning of various healthcare facilities...

Healthcare Job Growth

From Charlie Bilello: Healthcare and Social Assistance have added nearly 1.8 million private-sector jobs in the US since the end of 2023 while all of other industries combined have...

Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?

Readers, including health professionals, offer their analyses.

Plans for Community-Focused Health Care in West Central Florida

Plans were updated and released for community-focused health care in West Central Florida.  The post Plans for Community-Focused Health Care in West Central Florida appeared first...

Riley County extends KanCare assistance program

The Riley County Health Department and Kansas Department of Health and Environment are continuing a program that provides residents access to healthcare coverage through presumptiv...

Diagnosis for 4.20.26: Checking the pulse of Florida health care news and policy

Health policy shifts reshape care access, costs, and outcomes nationwide. The post Diagnosis for 4.20.26: Checking the pulse of Florida health care news and policy appeared first o...

‘J&K healthcare needs major overhaul’

New Delhi, Apr 18: Healthcare delivery in J&K needs a major overhaul in order to cater to changing healthcare needs of the population and in view of the deficiencies that lack...

Health outcomes rely on more than just health care

If the quality of health care was the only major determining factor of health outcomes, then the healthiest cities in the United States would simply be those with the best health c...

Health outcomes rely on more than just health care

If the quality of health care was the only major determining factor of health outcomes, then the healthiest cities in the United States would simply be those with the best health c...

Tanzania Orders Hospitals to Provide Healthcare Service Without Barriers

[Daily News] Mwanza -- HEALTH sector leaders and workers across the country have been directed to fully prepare for the implementation of Universal Health Insurance to ensure Tanza...

Healthcare Preview for the Week of: April 20, 2026 [Podcast]

Week two of Secretary Kennedy hearings After three appearances at congressional committees last week, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kennedy will testi...

MP demands urgent action on rural, maternal health care

AS the world marked World Health Day on Tuesday, legislator Mutsa Murombedzi challenged the National Assembly to prioritise rural and maternal health care. The Mashonaland West Cit...

Building a sustainable healthcare supply chain: Using data & advanced analytics to address system gaps

Canada’s health care costs were projected to reach $399 billion in 2025.¹ Prompted by external factors such as inflation and an aging population, health systems need to exercise ev...

Nixing prior auth, outlier hospital bills could lower health costs, Center for American Progress' policy plan says

A new healthcare plan released this week by a left-leaning think tank may offer a roadmap for Democrats' priorities in this space as the midterms loom later this year.