This story appears in the January 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... In wealthy nations, health care spending has risen, and lives have been lengthened. But the United States follows ...

The US health care system is underperforming despite high spending, and reform is needed in areas like insurance coverage, ...

In contrast, data from national health care spending accounts indicate that spending under employment-based insurance for drugs in inflation-adjusted dollars more than tripled during the study years.

People in the U.S. die the youngest and experience the most avoidable deaths, despite spending much more on health care.

The Commonwealth Fund analyzed the healthcare systems of 10 nations and found the U.S. ranked last in access to care, health outcomes and overall. The U.S. “really is in a class by itself,” one ...

Total spending by all 10 provinces grew in that time to $221.9 billion up from $86.2 billion, an increase of 158 per cent Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here.

Vickie Villegas had to pay $3,000 out-of-pocket every time she was treated for multiple sclerosis, a disease that attacks the ...

September is typically associated with back-to-school routines and seasonal transitions. A friend of mine has even dubbed it ...

The expansion of insurance coverage needs to be supplemented with expansion of public health infrastructure and hospital ...

DoD will make health care flexible spending accounts (FSAs) available to servicemembers for the first time in March 2025 ...

for the simple reason that more than a third of health care spending is for patients older than 65, according to the National Institutes for Health. One less-appreciated subsector is health care ...

The doctors’ group has released a new report calling for a greater commitment to tracking improvements in delivery and patient outcomes, citing the complexity of the deals.