COLUMBUS, Ohio — A sweeping proposal to replace much of Ohio’s private health insurance system with a government-run ...

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 ...

Administrative costs account for almost a quarter of total US health care spending. Other nations spend a much smaller share (of their much smaller spending) on administrative costs. While high ...

Lead health care well by mastering system dynamics to improve patient outcomes and coordinate hospital-wide care effectively.

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 ...

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 ...

Nurses are described as the backbone of the American health care system, and too few can endanger patients and community health.

When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think,” Barry Commoner, a pioneering environmentalist, quipped 50 years ago. Today, it’s applicable to policy wonks’ depictions of health ...