Health care costs are often discussed in abstract …

According to recent data, health expenditures in the U.S. reached $5.3 trillion in 2024. That figure equates to 18% of GDP, and is double what is spent on average in other developed countries. Americans are feeling the pinch, and an estimated 100 million …

… quarters of voters say health care costs will factor into how … someone to take on health care costs.” The renewed focus comes … in November, Blase said health care costs are “crushing families and … expect their family’s health care costs to become less affordable …

… are slowing our economy. Rising health care costs are touching nearly everyone. Premiums …

New York lawmakers are pushing for legislation that would reduce the cost of outpatient health care for New Yorkers. The proposed Fair Pricing Act, sponsored by Senator Liz Krueger and Assemblywoman Chantel Jackson, would limit what hospitals can charge …

A new KFF poll finds the cost of health care, including paying for health insurance and out-of-pocket expenses, tops the list of the public’s economic anxieties, rising well above other necessities. Two-thirds of the public say they worry about being able …

Cap health care costs, not education. Vermont Senate President … . Let’s work on containing health care costs. Many in his own party … school districts’ control, such as health care costs. Nichols emphasized the point in …