Mark Shepard, a Harvard Kennedy School expert, looks at the crossroads facing the American health insurance system, a patched ...

Community health centers are facing a potential federal freeze on their grants and funding following orders from Trump.

President Donald Trump’s bid to remake the federal government is already affecting some vulnerable populations in the United ...

It has been just over two weeks since President Trump took office, and there have been significant effects already on public ...

Rural America faces many challenges that Congress and the federal government could help alleviate under the new Trump administration. Rural hospitals and their obstetrics wards have been closing at a ...

Arkansas, unfortunately, scrapes along near the bottom in any number of national health metrics; indeed, a report from the ...

UnitedHealth Group has named long-time executive Tim Noel as the new chief executive for its massive UnitedHealthcare health ...

In his first public remarks since the murder of a top executive, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty acknowledged systemic flaws in the U.S. health care system but placed the blame solely on drug ...

cited the strengths of health care in the US, but also pointed out its flaws. “It needs to be less confusing, less complex and less costly,” he said on the earnings call. Witty also cast blame ...

UnitedHealth, which operates the biggest health insurer in the United States ... ratio — the percentage of premiums spent on medical care — was 87.6% for the quarter, while analysts were ...

Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on ... but a nagging rise in medical costs and care utilization surprised Wall Street. Shares of the health care giant slid Thursday after it ...

“Overall, our view is that United is well positioned to navigate the evolving health care landscape due to its ... and a 2024 David Carr Fellow, a program for journalists early in their careers.