‘Kind of Morbid’: Health Premiums Threaten Their Nest Egg. A Terminal Diagnosis May Spare It.

COLUSA, Calif. — Early on, Jean Franklin got some career advice she followed religiously: “Pay yourself first.” So she did, socking away hun...

Estados rojos y azules buscan limitar el uso de la inteligencia artificial en seguros de salud. Trump quiere lo opuesto

¿Cómo deben usar la inteligencia artificial (IA) las aseguradoras de salud? La respuesta a esta pregunta inusual de política pública, encuen...

Más personas toman medicamentos para tratar la ansiedad, aunque el gobierno se burla de ellos

Después de un año agotador de quimioterapia, cirugía y radiación para tratar un cáncer de mama, Sadia Zapp se sentía ansiosa. No era la inqu...

As More Americans Embrace Anxiety Treatment, MAHA Derides Medications

After a grueling year of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to treat breast cancer, Sadia Zapp was anxious — not the manageable hum that h...

Trump’s Transparent Hospital Pricing Pays Off for Industry — But Not So Much for Patients

“We’re going to post that, all the prices for everything,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared at a recent ev...

Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?

Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 and ’23. Both her parents died; a relationship ended; she retired from communications consu...

Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care

More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they wou...