What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We're starting to see the effects
Historically, hospitals have provided care for people, while separate insurers have paid for that care.
Aug 18, 2026
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Health Care Economics and Organizations: News and Research on Insurance
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Q&A: AI in health care—an evolving landscape of new technologies, productivity benefits and legal uncertainties
AI tools are already being used in hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices. Who is making treatment decisions, and who is responsible if an AI gets it wrong? To address these questions, science and technology editor Eric ...
Jul 29, 2026
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Poll: Costs are top health care issue for midterm voters, but fraud tops GOP list
Health care costs top the list of voters' health care priorities for the midterm elections, with half (51%) of all voters and more than half of Democratic (60%) and independent (55%) voters saying the issue is extremely important ...
Jul 23, 2026
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1 in 4 American workers report staying in unwanted jobs for health insurance
Nearly one in four U.S. workers (24%) say they are currently in jobs they want to quit but stay with their employer for the health insurance, according to new research from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America. ...
Jul 22, 2026
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2018 to 2024 saw rise in insurance denials for brand-name drugs
Insurance denials of initial attempts to fill brand-name prescription drugs with no generic competitors increased by more than two-thirds from 2018 to 2024, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American ...
Jul 21, 2026
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A sales tax on doctor visits and medicine? In Missouri, some worry
Missouri health care advocate Leslie Ortbals and her husband want to start a family, but she worries they can't afford it. The 27-year-old said she takes 10 medications daily to manage multiple chronic illnesses.
Jul 17, 2026
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Rise of GLP-1s raises long-term affordability questions
As use of GLP-1s surged across the U.S., average total payments per user also climbed sharply, according to a new Northwestern University study that analyzed national trends in GLP-1 use and spending between 2017 and 2022. ...
Jul 16, 2026
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Loneliness is making people sick. Doctors can't cure it alone, argues researcher
While loneliness has been shown to harm one's health, framing it as a health issue shifts responsibility from society to health care, even though health care alone cannot rebuild social ties, a new University of Michigan ...
Jul 15, 2026
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A new option for long-term care costs
An estimated 70% of Americans will need long-term care at some point in their lives, but "they haven't planned for it or saved for it," said Cathleen MacCaul, advocacy director for AARP Washington State, which supported the ...
Jul 13, 2026
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Health care spending gap between high- and low-income Americans continues to widen, study finds
A new study led by a University of Chicago researcher finds that health care spending in the United States has increasingly diverged between high- and low-income Americans over the past two decades. The analysis shows that ...
Jul 10, 2026
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