Some companies are cutting out insurers and bringing clinics to the office to address rising health care costs.
Preventive Care
Posted inHealth Equity
A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
A group of nurses in East Baltimore is piloting a bold plan to bring basic primary care to everybody no matter their age, income or insurance. Can this idea from abroad take root in the United States?
Posted inMental Health
Why an Influential Task Force Doesn’t Recommend Screening for Suicide Risk
New guidelines for clinicians suggest there’s not enough evidence to screen most adults for suicide risk.
Posted inPublic Health
The Drugs Changing How We Treat Obesity
A new class of drugs can help people lose weight and manage serious health conditions. But they’re also raising difficult questions.
Posted inInsurance
The Latest Threat to the Affordable Care Act
ACA expert Nicholas Bagley breaks down the court ruling striking down the popular requirement for insurers to offer free preventive care services.
Posted inInsurance
The Push to End Cancer Screening Purgatory
Initial screenings for breast, lung and cervical cancer are free, but expensive secondary tests can leave patients in screening purgatory.
Posted inPublic Health
Losing a Hospital
How one rural Kansas town dealt with losing its only hospital and what lessons it has for the rest of the country.