In a new series, MedPage Today is asking healthcare economists and policy experts the same questions about the high costs of ...

As a business owner, managing health care costs can be a challenge. Traditional group health plans, while familiar, often feel like a financial gamble—riddled with unpredictable premium hikes, hidden ...

The actuaries and economists at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released their annual National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) for 2024. The NHEA is a matrix that ...

About The Study: This analysis indicates that proposed Medicaid reforms would have far-reaching consequences beyond federal budget savings, including negative health outcomes, economic losses, and ...

Measurement frameworks can shift anecdotal validation to trackable results, offering proof that behavioral healthcare can generate tangible ROI. Despite decades of evidence linking behavioral health ...

The current immigration enforcement landscape is an extension of the past thirty years of immigration policy, which has increasingly focused on exclusion and securitization. Despite historically ...

The health care sector has been one of only a few bright spots in the job market lately, and economists see that trend continuing in the near future.

Financial hardship is widespread among health care workers, particularly in direct care roles, amid a workforce crisis and challenging job conditions. Direct care workers face the highest levels of ...

This field examines the interplay between healthcare expenditure, ageing, and economic decision-making across the lifespan. It integrates economic modelling with biological and sociological insights ...

“Medical knowledge is growing so rapidly that only 6 percent of what the average new physician is taught in medical school today will be relevant in ten years,” states a new National Bureau of ...