Health care was the only one of five sectors to cut spending commitments this spring, falling 2.8% as hospitals faced rising supply costs and physicians awaited the final 2027 Medicare fee schedule, Coupa's Business Spend Index found.
KFF's pre-election poll found voters trust Democrats over Republicans on health care costs by 20 points, and public support for a single government plan moves sharply depending on the argument people hear.
A new University of Michigan poll finds most older adults barely review their coverage at open enrollment, and the fallout lands in the exam room and the billing office.
In 590,282 California heart attack hospitalizations, a new PCI-capable facility within a 30-minute drive lowered 30-day mortality 20% in communities without prior access but did not change survival where the procedure was already available.