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Scaling back Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program could mean a resurgence of HIV/AIDS and increased health care costs throughout the state.
The government has allowed private health insurers to raise premiums by an average of 4.41% from April. How are these set? And why is it higher than inflation?
To lower health care costs, the Trump administration will have to wrangle a complex system fraught with competing interests.
The pilot, launched in January 2026 in 6 states, could reduce wasteful spending, but increases provider paperwork and risks patient access to necessary care.
When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase.
Why does health care reform keep failing despite decades of attention and expanding costs? A scholar of Congress has some answers.
US health care policy will remain fractured until lawmakers address the core question of who is responsible for health care costs.
While hospital CEO salaries and health insurance premiums have increased, health care quality has not.
Millions of Americans rely on this network of federally funded health clinics for their primary care.
Instead of treating creative work as a legitimate field, US labor policy, copyright law and the tax code have failed to offer artists stability or protection.
Florida relies on marketplace plans far more heavily than any other state. If subsidies are eliminated, health insurance will be unaffordable for many Floridians.
Short-term renewals of policies such as the ACA subsidies set up repeated battles in Congress.
As the battle for health care plays out in Washington, the shutdown itself could also make it harder for Americans to get the care they need.
Private health insurers want to fund more out-of-hospital care. Here’s why that’s such a problem.
Those signs about surprise insurance charges are intended to keep patients informed – but new research points to a negative side effect.
Here’s what you need to know about the different types of cover. And if your claim is rejected, what to do next.
Medicaid improves access to care for low-wage workers who cannot survive on bare-bone benefits offered by their employers.
The justices ruled that a key preventive health task force has authority because it is appointed by the Health and Human Services secretary. Some experts worry that RFK Jr. could politicize it.
Health insurance companies use AI to decide which health care treatment to cover. State laws and federal agencies are now moving toward regulating these algorithms.
When that important link is broken, your health gets worse and the costs borne by the whole health care system for your treatment rise.



















