The health care industry needs an activism movement. It needs outspoken, courageous individuals who will act with their words and their wallets to bring about behavioral change. Given how unhealthy …

Americans have long rhapsodized over our nation’s defining characteristics: freedom and equality. Yet these two ideas are actually contradictory when it comes to the design of health care policy. In …

Health care is one of the most important issues to Americans in the upcoming election cycle. The majority of Democratic candidates for president have been rallying around a Medicare-for-All idea. …

Billionaire Robert F. Smith’s commitment to pay off the student loans for the graduating class of Morehead College was a bold philanthropic gesture because it was direct and efficient. Yet …

Talking about hospitals doesn’t have the pizzazz of cutting-edge concepts like blockchain or artificial intelligence. But we have to talk more about hospitals because they spend a lot of money. …

Talking about hospitals doesn’t have the pizzazz of cutting-edge concepts like blockchain or artificial intelligence. But we have to talk more about hospitals because they spend a lot of money. …

Genetic testing has exploded on the consumer market, and advancements in genetic science are offering seismic changes to how we view our health status. But just how accurate are genetic …

The Affordable Care Act authorized broadened Medicaid eligibility requirements, yet a sizeable minority of states have not expanded the program. This podcast was inspired by the referenda undertaken by residents …

The health care system has been relentlessly skewered, which is useful in efforts to identify its problems. Yet problem identification cannot provide us with the seismic change that’s necessary to …

Seven out of ten Americans are overweight or obese, and the numbers have been growing. Janis Powers considers obesity to be the greatest challenge to the American health care system. …