The theme of minimizing costs while improving outcomes through expanded access to care underpins discussions surrounding US healthcare...

In the course of their internal negotiations over their planned reconciliation bill, congressional Democrats have debated several...

Obesity has been labeled a “silent killer,” a modern-day epidemic plaguing the nation. Diet-related disease is the leading cause of death...

Beverly’s bipolar disorder began early, and successive crises built up from there. As her mental stability worsened, she saw no other...

In 2015, Malcolm Bird accidentally cut his one-year-old daughter’s finger with a nail clipper and brought her to the local emergency room...

Before this fall, Daraprim wasn’t anything close to a household name, but this anti-parasitic drug is nothing new. The treatment for...

When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010, it undertook a major expansion of Medicaid—a public assistance program that offers...

The United States is all grown up, and the wear and tear is starting to show in all the wrong places. The baby boomers, the largest...

The sequester, as you’ve probably heard, is happening March 1. What is the sequester? To use a (somewhat unfortunate) metaphor, the...