Retirees Will Spend $172,500 on Average Just for Health Care — So Start Saving Now
A Fidelity study shows a 4% increase on retirement health care spending year over year. Many of us…
New caregiving report offers multiple story ideas for journalists
America’s caregivers are facing significant financial consequences and are struggling to afford basic needs like food and housing.…
Senate majority examines mental health care ‘policy nightmare’ – Healthcare
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania is stuck in what seems to be an ever-deepening mental health care crisis,…
Health care cuts bode ill for regional economy
Jim Leary | Worcester Telegram & Gazette Consistent with the old maxim that all politics is local, it…
Defending rural health care in the age of AI-driven attacks
The message came through before dawn: “Our EHR is down. No access to patient charts.” In a rural…
White House Empties Office for U.S. Pandemic Policy: The Gaps Left Behind
The White House office mandated by Congress to coordinate pandemic preparedness has been gutted, leaving urgent global health…
Navigating Federal and State Oversight in Gender-Affirming Care
On August 1, Washington D.C. and 16 states sued the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi, and…
Federal agencies signal a shift in enforcement of short-term health insurance rules
The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury announced Aug. 7 that they are…
D.C. Diagnosis: Trump’s approach to health care, Sarepta’s lobbyists
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health…
So Much for the ‘Best Health-Care System in the World’
Here’s a piece of Republican rhetoric that used to be ubiquitous but that you never hear anymore: America…
NFIB: Vermont Small Businesses Need Better Healthcare Options
BARRE, VT (Aug. 7, 2025) – Ahead of the Green Mountain Care Board’s decisions on premium increases in the individual…
Lessons for synthetic data from care.data’s past
Confidentiality The risk of breaching patient confidentiality through re-identification became a key tenet that opponents of care.data, including…