You need a primary care appointment. Should you see an MD — or NP?

The health care industry led the nation in job growth in September, continuing a monthslong trend of resisting economic headwinds. Health care added 43,000 positions in September, or about 1 in 3 U.S.

An aging population is drawing workers to medical and social care, creating reliable jobs and revealing weakness for the rest of the economy.

Cross-sectional MEPS/NHANES and KHPS/Korean NHANES analyses stratified adults ≥18 years by income deciles to compare six health-system domains across two distinct delivery and financing models. Income ...

Two moments in 2025 revealed how vulnerable the U.S. health care system has become. The first was quiet but consequential. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised parts of its ...

Readers express concerns over the U.S. health care system, political leadership, and foreign policy. Several letters critique ...

WASHINGTON – When the Senate Finance Committee met Wednesday for a hearing on the rising cost of health care in the United States, Republicans and Democrats agreed the problem has become a national ...

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Some women rush to their doctor just days after getting a positive pregnant test, but Dr. L. Joy Baker said she often sees patients for the first time just weeks or even days before they give birth.

I’m writing in response to John Schaberg’s letter of Feb. 25 (“Dr. Oz may want to focus more on Medicare fraud”). While I certainly agree that fraud, in any situation, hurts all of us, I believe that ...

The statewide organization at the center of the project, OneCare Vermont, was expensive to launch and operate. Now legislators are trying to reimagine pieces of the program for primary care.