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Nearly one-quarter of Americans say the country’s health care system is in crisis, with 29 percent citing high costs as the most urgent problem with national health, according to a new Gallup poll ...

Every day, chronic disease quietly shapes our lives and economic future. Diseases like heart disease, diabetes, cancers and others now account for roughly 90% of our nation’s $4.5 trillion in annual ...

The global Health Care industry has steeply underperformed regional equity indices over the last two years and notably since the outcome of the US presidential elections in November 2024. The industry ...

While utilization is undeniably part of the equation, prices—whether labeled explicitly or embedded in measures of intensity—remain central to understanding why US health spending levels are high and ...

The Lifenet network, built by medical technology company Stryker, is a system emergency crews use to transmit a patient’s electrocardiogram to a receiving hospital while an ambulance is still en route ...

In most industries, leaders can respond quickly when market conditions change. Within months, companies can shrink or expand their workforces, adopt innovative technologies, and reconfigure operations ...

The US health-care system is reaching its breaking point. Individuals, families, employees, employers, and public and private health insurance funders are all spending more for health care every year, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Patrick Aguilar, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) In announcing ...