American health care costs are cannibalizing the economy. New data shows 2024 national health expenditures reached $5.3 trillion. That amounts to 18 percent of GDP, double the developed-world average.

Republicans think patients should be shopping for better health care prices. The party has long pushed to give patients money and let consumers do the work of reducing costs. After some GOP lawmakers ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

Carrie Sheffield is the author of "Motorhome Prophecies: A Journey of Healing and Forgiveness" and program manager of Healthy Faith at United Charitable. Americans grappling with affordability just ...

(The Center Square) – A national conservative nonprofit will launch a new television advertisement advocating for President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce healthcare costs through price transparency ...

Congress is hopelessly divided over solutions to fix America’s broken health care system. Last month, competing health care reform bills from Senate Democrats and Republicans failed to garner the ...

Outrageous American health-care costs are once again dominating the news. Headlines highlight rising premiums and shrinking coverage but rarely capture how broken the system really is. Consider my ...