Discovery could slash a common cancer drug’s price

"Looking ahead, once we refine the process further, we expect to be able to reduce the cost [of the cancer drug Taxol] by half."

U. Copenhagen • futurity
May 20, 2025 ~5 min

Making emergency rooms ‘pediatric ready’ saves lives

Making hospital EDs ready to provide basic health care to kids could cost as little as $4 to $8 per patient while improving survival rates.

U. Texas Austin • futurity
June 18, 2024 ~4 min


Pharmacists treating minor illness could cut health care costs

Greater use of pharmacists to treat minor illnesses could potentially save millions of dollars in health care costs, researchers report.

Sara Zaske-Washington State • futurity
May 29, 2024 ~7 min

High prices for new diabetes drugs are reason for alarm

"As with insulin, our patients are facing parallel challenges in accessing other new non-insulin diabetes and anti-obesity medications."

Yale • futurity
May 6, 2024 ~5 min

Costs top health worries among older adults

Health-related costs top older adults' concerns for people their age, a new poll finds.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
May 3, 2024 ~7 min

Rising health insurance costs have ‘robbed’ American workers

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

Tufts University • futurity
Jan. 18, 2024 ~6 min

Dementia takes a toll on finances and family

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

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Oct. 17, 2023 ~9 min

Listen: How every American could get health insurance

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

U. Chicago • futurity
June 7, 2023 ~3 min


Obamacare has helped farm workers get and stay healthy

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

Stanford • futurity
Feb. 24, 2023 ~8 min

Health care costs increasingly outpace employee insurance

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

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
Dec. 28, 2022 ~5 min

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