Author: Scott Welch
Costs for the average person increased by 6.7% to $7,871 in 2025 led by a 9.7% hike in pharmacy expenses and an 8.5% rise in outpatient facility care costs.
The average wait time for a physician appointment has dramatically increased in recent years, according to a new surveyopens in a new tab or window. Across six medical specialties in 15 large U.S. metropolitan areas, the average wait time for an appointment was 31 days, up 19% since the last survey in 2022 and up 48% ...
The House early Thursday narrowly passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a budget bill that includes several healthcare provisions that could significantly impact Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
GOP lawmakers have settled on a strategy, rather than lowering the income eligibility limit for coverage — Trump’s bill will instead require applicants to provide proof of their work hours and apply for specific exceptions, creating new barriers for individuals to maintain insurance.
Members of the U.S. House voted 215-214 shortly before 7 a.m. today to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill tax and budget package — a bill that contains 13 provisions that could make the rules for health reimbursement arrangements and health savings accounts more flexible.
Drug manufacturers will now have to commit to the new pricing model to avoid regulatory action in the US.
A much anticipated report led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that children’s health is in crisis and that it’s likely the result of ultraprocessed food, exposure to chemicals, lack of exercise, stress, and overprescription of drugs. But the report, from the Kennedy-led Make America Healthy Again Commission, shies away from the strident ...
President Trump on Thursday claimed his recent “most favored nation” executive order could cause U.S. drug prices to “drop like a rock” in just a matter of weeks, saying the savings will be “incalculable.” In a briefing to discuss the newly released Make America Healthy Again Commission’s report on children’s health, Trump ended the event by ...
CMS updated its hospital price transparency guidance May 22, requiring hospitals to post the actual prices of items and services, not estimates. The update comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order Feb. 25 aimed at boosting healthcare price transparency. In the updated guidance, CMS said hospitals must display payer-specific standard charges as dollar amounts in their machine-readable ...
From food to pharma, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took on all the suspects he’s long maligned in a report on health threats to kids — along with one unexpected one: Doctors. Laced throughout the report from Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again Commission are accusations against doctors — for reportedly being influenced by the ...