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There's a silver lining to our health care cost crisis
Why another big swing at health care reform is coming. Dylan Scott covers health for Vox, guiding readers through the emerging opportunities and challenges in improving our health. He has reported on health policy for more than 10 years, writing…
Health care costs are cannibalizing the economy - consumers can fight back
American health care costs are cannibalizing the economy. New data shows 2024 national health expenditures reached $5.3 trillion. That amounts to 18 percent of GDP, double the developed-world average. American health care spending is now more than…
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Prior Authorizations Rank as Public's Biggest Burden When Getting Health Care
As the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll shows, affordability is the public's biggest concern, with the cost of health care ranking as their top economic worry. However, KFF polls have demonstrated that beyond costs, insured people report a whole…
31,000 healthcare workers go on strike over pay and staffing
An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers have launched an open-ended strike this week across California and Hawaii. They are demanding better wages and staffing from the healthcare giant. The…
Issues such as air pollution, jobs, health care ignored, says Oppn.
The Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress issued sharp responses to the Union Budget, criticising the Centre for ignoring issues such as air pollution, unemployment and inflation. “Today, the biggest problems for young people are…
Funeral insurance thrives as millions can't afford healthcare in Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe – Ngoni Mutambararo's uncle, Steward Ganda, 60, spent the last months of his life at home, trying to recover from a severe ailment on his own. Ganda suffered from severe pain in his legs that left him confined to bed and…
Budget 2026 boosts healthcare spend, drugs relief
The government on Sunday gave a strong push to upgradation and expansion of healthcare infrastructure, medical education and pharma sector with the Union Budget 2026-27 announcing a slew of steps, including those aimed at making India a global hub…
Community Link: Hardon Education's mission to transform healthcare careers with faith
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Each week on Community Link, Carolene Mays takes a look at an organization or business that is making a positive impact on the community. This week, Mays was joined by Brandi London, co-founder and chief education…
Union Budget 2026 Signals Strong And Forward-Looking Direction For India's Healthcare Ecosystem: Experts
The Union health budget for 2026 has been raised to Rs 1,04,599 crore, 18 per cent higher than last year. According to Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, Managing Director & CEO, Fortis Healthcare, “The Union Budget 2026 sends a strong and timely signal…
Union Budget 2026 Puts Ayush at the Heart of India's Healthcare Revolution | Dynamite News
New Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ayush, Prataprao Jadhav, has welcomed the Union Budget 2026-27, calling it a transformational moment for India's traditional systems of medicine. He expressed heartfelt gratitude to Prime…
Notable healthcare headlines for the week: UnitedHealth, Novo Nordisk, Thermo Fisher in focus (XLV:NYSEARCA)
Wall Street's main averages closed in the red on Friday, taking home weekly losses—and on track to end the month down—as investors continued to assess the latest company earnings and technology stocks carried on declining. The…
Coalition seeks LA County sales tax vote to offset federal healthcare funding cuts
Facing federal funding cuts that could strip health coverage from hundreds of thousands of Angelenos, clinic leaders, union members and patients gathered in Inglewood last Wednesday to boost a stop-gap proposal they want to put in front of voters:…
Healthcare: The heartbeat of a healthy nation
A nation's true wealth is measured not in GDP alone, but in the health, well-being, and productivity of its people. Every life saved, every family made stronger through care, every child growing up healthy — these are the real markers of…
Patients empowered to play bigger role in own healthcare journey and decisions
SINGAPORE – Now more than ever, patients are taking their health into their own hands. With the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), which could be simple questionnaires to complete, some patients in public hospitals…
Wisconsin pediatric hospitals end gender-affirming care, risking health of trans youth.
Two of Wisconsin's largest pediatric hospitals have stopped providing gender-affirming care for transgender youth, Wisconsin Public Radio reports. Children's Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin (UW) Health have ended the treatment for minors…
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