We are trying to fix health care as if it were complicated. In reality, health care is complex.

Two moments in 2025 revealed how vulnerable the U.S. health care system has become. The first was quiet but consequential. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised parts of its ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

The U.S. health care reimbursement system was built for a different era — one that prioritized high-stakes “cure” interventions over the nuanced “care” interventions better suited to the ongoing needs ...

Over the past two decades, US policy makers have been concerned about steady growth in health care spending. This spending growth has contributed to federal deficits and the national debt while also ...

Healthcare in the United States of America concept: A stethoscope on a 3d map of the US overlayed by the US flag. Healthcare in the United States of America concept: A stethoscope on a 3d map of the ...