The biggest U.S. health insurer is changing how it pays for lactation counseling, and it could cut payment for many providers.

We've been asking Medicare for weeks about the cost of giving seniors $50 obesity drugs.

Medicaid cuts stemming from Republicans' 2025 tax law are expected to be even bigger than forecast.

Hospital execs worked in secret on the deal for two years.

Far fewer seniors than expected are taking costly Alzheimer's drugs.

It's tough to write nuanced headlines, but a new study on AI in emergency rooms is getting way overhyped.

Years ago, Archelle Georgiou helped squash prior auths at one of America's biggest health insurers.

We unpack the contentious fight over drug price transparency.

President Trump vowed to take on health insurers, but his policies tell a different story.

Today's announcement will set the tone for how the Trump administration wants to work with private Medicare insurers.

The American workforce has grown in large part thanks to the health care industry, but one key sector is cutting back.

A STAT investigation explores how a new company is profiting from the arbitration process in the No Surprises Act.

One of the most interesting health care legal cases right now, big Medicaid approvals, and more

A battle between doctors and a hospital system is an early test of a new law designed to separate business and medicine.

The health insurer paid higher prices for hospital care than some rivals in the ACA insurance market.

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