Real transformation after the shutdown would mean bringing needed lifelines to rural America, writes Christopher R. Crossett.

Government shutdown shows us that our broken health care system can only be saved by all of us coming together despite our differences.

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 ...

Explore why the U.S. healthcare system is the most expensive in the world, from high drug prices and hospital bills to profit-driven insurers, and how ordinary Americans are paying the price.

The status quo has failed rural patients. Throwing money at struggling hospital operations is like a Band-Aid on a severed ...

The Trump administration recently advanced a new phase of sweeping tariffs intended to address what it characterizes as unfair trade practices and persistent trade deficits. Since the spring, tariff ...

Researchers found health system performance is worse for many people of color. Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are evident in every state, even those with robust health systems, according ...

A group of Milwaukee leaders came together to unite around fighting back against changes in health care that will be ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Two Delaware Valley health care systems are considering a merger to form a larger ...

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 ...

Improving Michigan's mental health care system means more than adding hospital beds ― but that's important, too.

It only takes four words to sum up the culture of a Connecticut health care system that is the only one in the nation that has been awarded the American Hospital Association 2025 Quest for Quality ...