The U.S. healthcare system is hard to disrupt, not because it is irrational, but because it is the rational outcome of many overlapping decisions, incentives, and fears.

What's emerging now is not simply a temporary adjustment period, but a broader transformation in how care is delivered, ...

The health-care sector has powered job growth in the U.S. economy in 2025. That's largely because baby boomers are hurtling into their retirement years, boosting health-care demand since older adults ...

After the Associated Press Stylebook made the startling decision in April to shift from “health care” to “healthcare,” it set off a fierce debate not only in the STAT newsroom, where we use a lightly ...

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Concessions to the private sector are one reason why health care is so costly. FS Productions/Tetra images via Getty Images A few years ago, a student in my history of public health course asked why ...

Alison Chandra was thrilled and gutted. She was pregnant with a much-wanted second child. But her baby had a rare disease called heterotaxy, causing heart defects and organ abnormalities. He might not ...

Healthcare isn’t just about doctors and nurses. Managing healthcare requires business leaders as well as healthcare practitioners. Simply put, healthcare administration is the business of healthcare ...

The iron has now melted. Even as populations age, and as the world continues to deal with the fallout from the covid-19 pandemic, health care is no longer taking over the economy. Across the rich ...

America has a socialism problem, and it’s bigger than most citizens realize. When candidates aligned with the Democratic ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about the cost of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. From a patient's perspective, the quality of care they receive is often ...