As the battle for health care plays out in Washington, the shutdown itself could also make it harder for Americans to get the ...

The ongoing government shutdown highlights the clash between Democrats and Republicans over health care policy, with millions ...

The White House is exposing Democrats‘ efforts to give illegal immigrants access to health care under the Biden ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made clear Democrats are not backing down from their health care demands, as the U.S. government enters its second week of a shutdown. In a heavily ...

New York Times reporters are looking into cases of unnecessary and wasteful spending in government health programs. By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas In 2023, companies billed Medicare for hundreds of ...

The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. What’s behind the GOP assertion that Democrats want to ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Although you probably didn’t notice it, in the waning days of the Biden administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took a meaningful step in advancing competition in health care ...

AHA statement to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on AI’s potential to support patients, workers, children, and families.

President Trump and members of his administration have often expressed a distrust of science and experts. That distrust is now helping to shape policies in several areas of government, from vaccines ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs changed the bylaws on discrimination for its doctors and other health care staff but has denied a report that it could allow providers to deny care to some patients.

Public health calls many deaths ‘preventable,’ but that term can mask how policy, access and geography shape who gets care – and who doesn’t.