Health Care Reform

The opioid epidemic sweeping the U.S. is far costlier than once thought, with the economic impact of the crisis exceeding half a trillion dollars, according to a new report by White House economists.

Massachusetts state Medicaid program hopes to road-test an idea both radical and market-driven: it wants the power to negotiate discounts for the drugs it purchases and to exclude drugs with limited treatment value.

Problems in the commercial health insurance market may be overwhelming the ability of the Affordable Care Act premium tax credit program to help middle-income people stay covered.

While the Affordable Care Acts fifth open enrollment season is off to a surprisingly good start, many uninsured people said they werent even aware of it, according to a survey released Friday.

The White House wouldnt oppose removing from the Senate tax plan a controversial provision to repeal the individual health-care mandate of the Affordable Care Act, budget director Mick Mulvaney said, a move that could help secure the vote of key Republicans.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota studied financial data from 2012 to 2015 and found that the percentage of low-income, nonelderly adults with unpaid medical bills dropped twice as much in states that expanded Medicaid than those that didn't.