About 1 in 7 Americans will spend at least $100,000 out of pocket for long-term care. Health insurance generally doesn't cover long-term care services, and Medicare doesn't cover most expenses. Not ...

The American health care system suffers from many misalignments of incentives, but one is particularly irksome: When individual patients make prudent decisions about their care, choosing reasonable ...

In our last issue, Steven Kelman of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government criticized cost-benefit analysis from the perspective not of economics but of ethical theory. He concluded that in health, ...

Profitability on insurance benefits is seen falling more than expected as costs rise, while Medicaid membership is now expected to grow much less than previous forecasts Humana's stock falls as ...

A survey shows employers expect a sharp increase in benefit costs for next year, and many will want workers to shoulder more of the burden. By Reed Abelson Employees of large and small companies are ...

Double-digit health care cost increases are no longer a future concern — they're a present-day reality for employers of all sizes. Processing Content Across the board, benefit leaders are grappling ...

Health care costs surged 8.6% from 2022 to 2023. Pressure mounts for lawmakers to rein in costs. Between 2021 and 2023, premiums grew 12.1% and health insurance member cost-sharing grew 12.9%. BOSTON ...