The tax law cuts more than $1 trillion from health insurance spending over a decade, mostly from Medicaid, to help pay the ...

Notable healthcare policies taking effect in 2026 will reshape hospital operations, reimbursement, insurance markets and patient access nationwide.

John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care. He is also the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. You’re reading the web edition ...

“How will healthcare policy changes impact my MSK practice?” That’s a common question as we learn more about the U.S. government’s plans for a wide variety of policy changes. New regulations and ...

The White House has postponed its rollout of a new proposal to address health care costs aimed at averting a spike in premiums driven by the expiration of key Affordable Care Act subsidies, a White ...

The Trump administration is remaking the healthcare policy landscape with major implications for providers, payers and health IT firms. Those changes include drastic overhauls to the Department of ...

The prospect of soaring health care costs could exacerbate Americans’ feelings about affordability, an issue that President Trump has tried to downplay. But Democrats plan to keep the issue front and ...

Signs for Obamacare health insurance plans lay next to a fence in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2023. Signs for Obamacare health insurance plans lay next to a fence in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2023 ...

The US market has outperformed the Morningstar US Healthcare Index over the past 12 months, but the sector’s solid performance in the first quarter of 2025 narrowed the gap to less than 9 percentage ...

Amid government spending negotiations, President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders are accusing Democrats of demanding free health care for “illegal aliens” in return for their support of a federal ...

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.

The Morningstar Healthcare Index has underperformed the Morningstar US Index by a meaningful margin, with a loss of 6.7% over the trailing 12 months, compared with a 17.5% return for the US Index.