As health care spending soars (see page 20) and health insurers increasingly delay or deny claims (see pages 7, 17), consumers are retreating to indemnity-style insurance protection, which pays a cash ...

On “What the Health? From KFF Health News,” distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and host Julie Rovner sat down with Drew Altman, president and CEO of KFF, to talk about the likelihood ...

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also ...

President-elect Donald Trump defends his handling of the Affordable Care Act in his first White House term during an exclusive interview with Meet the Press.Dec. 8 ...

One year after UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed, the crisis in U.S. health care has gotten even worse — in ways both obvious and hidden. Yet even as costs surge, the companies and the ...

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 ...

Health spending in the U.S. has reached an all-time high of $4.5 trillion per year. That means about $1 out of every $5 spent in the U.S. is going toward health care, and consumers across the country ...

As the government shutdown nears its fourth week, the White House and Republican lawmakers continue to assert that Democrats are to blame for the standstill because their health care demands would ...

The U.S. health care system could be headed for a staffing crisis after a new survey found that more than half of America's health workers were actively looking to leave their jobs. Health care ...