health care costs

Just because progressive candidates successfully campaigned on some form of the policy in states such as Texas, Iowa, Maine and Michigan, it doesn’t mean government-run insurance will be an easy sell.

Tuesday's retaking of Congress doesn’t affect President Trump’s control of the veto pen, making the new majority’s aspirations to reverse changes to Medicaid, the ACA and other programs an uphill climb.

For older adults in the United States, the rising cost of healthcare is hitting where it hurts most — their pocketbooks. Here are some of their biggest healthcare concerns heading into the voting booth.

As open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance kicks off, consumers face rising premiums, additional identity checks, and fewer brokers.

The treatment can cost tens of thousands of dollars in the U.S. A Florida couple spent a fraction of that for one cycle while making two trips to Greece. They welcomed a healthy baby boy this summer.

When surgery became unavoidable, a man with no insurance shopped around for the best price for a hernia repair — and saved thousands by traveling out of state.

Uninsured patients made up about 25% of the 20,000+ inpatient gunshot hospitalizations in the state from 2018 to 2024, an analysis found. They also had shorter hospital stays than those with any form of coverage.

Being a caregiver can start long before you go to a doctor appointment with a loved one or move a parent into your house. Embracing the role matters, and the support that comes next can ease a difficult time.

The administration argues the lack of disclosure is keeping healthcare costs higher than they should be. Failing to comply with the warnings comes with penalties as high as $2 million a year.

A woman started exhibiting unusual memory problems – a disorder called transient global amnesia. Now recovered, a dispute over hospital charges has been a source of stress for over a year.

The man, diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, said he was reassured the drugmaker’s copay card would cover his share, but after two months, the card was empty.

A doctor in Colorado became the patient after an crash totaled her car and sent her to the operating room. The hospital kept her overnight, but her insurer stopped paying after she left the emergency room.