Federal law allows compounding pharmacies to make copies of name brand drugs while there’s a supply shortage. But there's a loophole.

Every year, an independent panel of doctors and medical experts update which preventive care — such as screenings for cancer, diabetes and infectious diseases — should be covered by insurance.

A new report by the Dallas Fed offers some insight: employment growth has been unusually strong in areas like health care, which is less cyclical and therefore less sensitive to changes in monetary policy.

Pavlina Tcherneva at Bard College says that COVID provided an opportunity to rethink the labor market, health care and housing — but we missed that opportunity.

Rural hospitals and clinics face potential closures, leaving patients with longer travel times, fewer options and more uncertainty about their access to care.

They’re stuck in a downward spiral.

Both benefits and wages outpaced inflation in 2024, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Both programs are major sources of government spending and could find themselves in the sights of those who want to slash federal budgets.

Patients may not know that they’re entitled to an appeal if they are denied care.

A now-cancelled policy change by health insurer Anthem stirred controversy, and it’s emblematic of a broader tension between insurers and health care providers.