The air-ambulance industry says reimbursements from U.S. government health programs, don't cover their expenses, and they must pass the cost on to others.
While many veterans receive good mental health care through the VA, its inconsistent across the system, according to the report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Some can't afford to insure their children. Others are seeking cheaper care abroad. Some older adults are counting down the years until they qualify for Medicare.
While the share of Americans without health insurance is near historic lows, the cost for many people to buy a health plan—if they don't get it from a job or the government—is higher than ever.
In his short time on the job, Azar has embraced many of Obama's objectives around lowering costs and improving quality, but with a Trumpian impatience to upend the established order.
A new report warns that we could very well be at the cusp of a return to a more typical pattern where increases in health-care prices outpace the broader inflation rate.
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