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Two moments in 2025 revealed how vulnerable the U.S. health care system has become. The first was quiet but consequential. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised parts of its ...

As the government shutdown nears its fourth week, the White House and Republican lawmakers continue to assert that Democrats are to blame for the standstill because their health care demands would ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

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States are expecting clarity within days for a key feature of Republicans’ signature budget reconciliation law — a $50 billion rural health care fund that has an end-of-year deadline for the ...

Nevada ranks 50th out of 51 among all states and the District of Columbia for its residents’ health care experiences. The finding is based on a survey of nearly 20,000 Americans nationwide. It's part ...

A nationwide experiment to give health care in rural America a $50 billion makeover is underway. The Trump administration, in a late December announcement, revealed how much each state will get under ...