"Health insurance should help people, not hold them back, or push them further behind when it comes to wages and income equality."

Dementia affects more than the brain. A new study shows the toll it takes on a person's wallet—and on family caregivers, too.

In this podcast episode, Katherine Baicker lays out an innovative blueprint for health care—not to tinker with the system, but to redesign it.

Passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 has helped farm workers get better medical care—and avoid trips to the emergency room.

A study of medical costs and income losses found that those who can least afford to pay for health care and miss out on their paychecks rack up the biggest bills.

Health care is growing less affordable for American adults—particularly women—with employer-sponsored health insurance, research finds.

From primary care to cancer screening and insurance coverage, gender-diverse people still face many hurdles to getting good medical care.

Expanding programs that prep medically tailored meals for seriously ill patients could help avoid 1.6 million hospitalizations yearly.

Asthma, heart disease, lung disease, anxiety, and other mood disorders are all associated with elevated rates of medical debt, research finds.

Audiologist says FDA green light for over-the-counter devices has potential to drive down cost, increase access and innovation.