Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times, according to our newly published research in the journal JAMA Network Open.
Dec 8, 2025
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Every day, across the nation, patients wait hours or days in emergency departments until a bed opens up for them in the hospital.
Dec 5, 2025
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A new national analysis shows that over the past two decades, inpatient care for children with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) has become far more intensive—and is now overwhelmingly concentrated in urban teaching children's ...
Dec 2, 2025
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As health care costs continue to soar across the U.S., a growing number of states are setting limits on how much hospitals can charge. These policies, known as hospital payment caps, aim to curb spending by tying hospital ...
Dec 2, 2025
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One in five people in the United States live in a rural area. Patients in rural communities often struggle to access care because of travel difficulties, high costs and limited resources, leading to worse medical outcomes. ...
Dec 1, 2025
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One-third of junior doctors have experienced sexual harassment and abuse (SHA) within their health care system.
Nov 29, 2025
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A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals.
Nov 25, 2025
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From pacemakers to patient portals, modern health care systems are increasingly reliant on connected technologies. However, innovation can make health care systems vulnerable to sophisticated cyberattacks, threatening not ...
Nov 24, 2025
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An emerging artificial intelligence-powered system developed at Penn Medicine has tripled the speed of fax processing and cut a full week off the new patient intake process—freeing up thousands of staff hours. The system, ...
Nov 23, 2025
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For patients recovering from opioid use disorder, particularly from drugs like fentanyl or heroin, the days immediately following a hospital stay are among the most dangerous. A new multi-state study led by researchers at ...
Nov 21, 2025
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