Healthcare Systems & Policy

In recent years, hospitals that serve small rural communities across the nation have closed their doors at a disquieting rate, essentially one per month.

Last week, the House narrowly passed the American Health Care Act. We've asked journalists, nonprofit leaders, and health care practitioners to share what they’re hearing from people in their cities and states.

The only way to insure everyone at a reasonable cost is to make sure everyone — healthy and sick — is in the risk pool together. The House GOP plan won't achieve that goal.

It's tempting to read this week's news in political terms — Trump guts another Obama policy — but the actual changes are exceedingly modest.

States such as Kentucky and Arizona are seeking to change how their Medicaid programs work through new policies that include work requirements, enrollment lockouts and increased cost sharing.

During last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live! the late night host told the emotional story of his newborn son Billy, linking the story to the current debate on pre-existing conditions in Congress.

Overtreatment can pose a huge harm to patients, with the complications worse than the original problem at times. Consider arthroscopic surgery for knee pain.

U.S. spending on health care alone is large enough to make it the world's fifth largest economy. A more thoughtful, evidence-driven approach to delivering care could curb such staggering statistics.

Can you imagine a lawyer stopping in the middle of a divorce deposition to type up everything that was just said? Why then do we ask doctors to do such rote tasks?

The last major insurer selling ACA plans in Iowa has threatened to pull out. A 16-county region in Tennessee isn't doing much better. Meanwhile, Nevada just added two plans to its state exchange.