The share of U.S. health-care spending devoted to administrative costs, including billing, is roughly three times what it is in other affluent countries.
Better known as Xanax, Valium and Klonopin, the number of adults filling benzodiazepine prescriptions has increased nearly 70 percent, and the quantities taken have tripled.
The White House has proposed tweaks to government health-care programs, but tweaks aren't enough. The underlying problem is drug prices that are indeed murderous.
The White House has proposed tweaks to government health-care programs, but tweaks aren't enough. The underlying problem is drug prices that are indeed murderous.
The year ahead looks to be dangerous for health-care security in the U.S., as Donald Trump's administration continues to sabotage the law that Congress couldn't repeal.
The American public, threatened with the withdrawal of health insurance from millions of people, has largely come to embrace the idea of universal coverage.