For Bob Riney, president and CEO of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health, the high cost of healthcare is not a pricing problem — it reflects deeper structural flaws in the current financing system. “I ...

Whole-person health represents what Herman described as “a fundamental shift in the balance of power in the health care system. It puts the power in the hands of the patient and moves the patient from ...

Investing in a skilled, healthy workforce, infrastructure, and technology are crucial for economic growth, job creation, and security. By prioritizing health, countries build the foundation for the ...

A new report by the Commonwealth Fund has revealed the states with the best and worst health care systems, based on 50 different measures. Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Hampshire and Rhode Island were at ...

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 ...

Health economics is a multidisciplinary field that applies economic theories and quantitative methods to the study of how scarce resources are allocated within health systems. Fundamentally, it ...

A common thread in efforts to improve the system is to become more patient-centered, as emphasized in the landmark Institute of Medicine Report, “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” nearly 25 years ago. To ...

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 ...

AMHERST, NY — In less than a decade, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office predicts the number of people in the United States without insurance will increase by ten-million because of the ...

With the turn of the New Year, millions of Americans who get their health care through the Affordable Care Act have seen their premiums skyrocket. Last August, the Congressional Budget Office ...