The prospect of soaring health care costs could exacerbate Americans’ feelings about affordability, an issue that President Trump has tried to downplay. But Democrats plan to keep the issue front and ...

As AI reshapes medical coding, patients and employers may end up paying more without receiving the right level of care.

The government remains shut down, as lawmakers fight over extending healthcare subsidies. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Zeke Emanuel, who helped draft the Affordable Care Act. Democrats argue ...

The US federal government shutdown has become a standoff over health care that will likely end with some sort of extension of the temporary health-insurance subsidies adopted during the pandemic. But ...