A strong health system is not defined by shiny hospitals alone. The real test shows up in the boring moments: getting an ...

The country spends some $5trn a year on health care, about a fifth of its GDP and twice as much per person as its rich-world peers. Treatment is world-class but expensive; a third of adults say they ...

America's health care system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It's not, as some politicians ...

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 ...

American farmers are drowning in health insurance costs, while their German counterparts never worry about medical bills. The ...

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Administrative costs account for almost a quarter of total US health care spending. Other nations spend a much smaller share (of their much smaller spending) on administrative costs. While high ...