British PM Starmer scraps health body in search of savings and better care
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he would scrap a body overseeing the state-funded health system in England in a ...
What It’s Like to Use Socialized Health Care in Europe
When I moved to Italy two years ago, I didn’t have plans to sign up for the national health service, as I’d been warned about ...
U.S. health care system wastes too much money. DOGE might be the right solution. | Opinion
The entrenched lobbying power of insurance companies, pharmaceutical giants, hospitals, and even doctors associations perpetuates paralysis.
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Health care cost surge adds to Mass. affordability woes
Total health care expenditures per capita grew to $11,153 from 2022 to 2023, an 8.6% leap that was the second-largest ...
Health care spending in Massachusetts soared in 2023. Here’s what’s to blame.
The one-year increase was the second highest since the state established its benchmark to rein in expenditures in 2013.
Latest data shows yet another spike in Mass. healthcare spending
Massachusetts healthcare spending is far outpacing targets, according to a new report, continuing a trend of unsustainable ...
Trump officials want to measure the economy's health in a way that may hide DOGE cuts
A series of comments from Trump officials in recent days raised concerns that the administration may try to look differently at a key economic measure of America's economic health: the quarterly ...
US Congressmen warn of Bay Area impacts if healthcare spending is cut
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman warned against the potential $880 billion in health spending cuts over a decade.