The latest WalletHub ranking finds that residents in one state spend more than 10 percent of their income on medical care.

Despite the increased demand for patient care in 2021, the growth in national healthcare spending is estimated to have slowed to 4.2%, from 9.7% in 2020, according to the 2021-2030 National Health ...

Medical care costs rose 4.2% in August, according to the Consumer Price Index, now at the highest level in three years. Large employers are projecting a 9% increase in overall health care spending for ...

Americans’ out-of-pocket health care costs have nearly doubled over the past 20 years, according to a WalletHub study. Alaska ...

Given all the attention to prices and insurer profits, it is important to note that those factors are not the main drivers of spending growth. The main driver of spending growth is greater volume and ...

Health care spending in Massachusetts blew past state government’s cost containment benchmark for a fourth consecutive year in 2024, according to a new report that highlighted rising drug prices and ...

Understanding what the US spends to treat mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) is important for understanding spending patterns and informing health policy. In this study, we determined ...

Rhode Island health care spending keeps rising, thanks primarily to pricey outpatient hospital services and weight-loss drugs, according to a report from the Office of the Health Insurance ...

Americans have long lamented the high cost of health insurance, and the situation will soon get worse. Premiums for employer-sponsored insurance will go up by another 9 percent in 2026. Public ...

Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeff Schmid has found a silver lining in America’s graying demographics: All of those extra visits to the doctor are good for the economy. But the same spending ...