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 ...

John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care. He is also the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. You’re reading the web edition ...

The Morningstar Healthcare Index has underperformed the Morningstar US Index by a meaningful margin, with a loss of 6.7% over the trailing 12 months, compared with a 17.5% return for the US Index.

The US market has outperformed the Morningstar US Healthcare Index over the past 12 months, but the sector’s solid performance in the first quarter of 2025 narrowed the gap to less than 9 percentage ...

“How will healthcare policy changes impact my MSK practice?” That’s a common question as we learn more about the U.S. government’s plans for a wide variety of policy changes. New regulations and ...

Signs for Obamacare health insurance plans lay next to a fence in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2023. Signs for Obamacare health insurance plans lay next to a fence in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2023 ...

Health care misinformation can come from many places, but people on both sides of the political aisle are increasingly concerned about misinformation in government. According to the Pew Research ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

For the second quarter of 2025, the fund returned -2.55%, outperforming the MSCI health care index. Health care stocks returned -5.80% in the second quarter, according to the MSCI U.S. IMI Health Care ...

Paul Ryan emphasized the importance of clear legislation to limit executive overreach and encouraged engagement with policymakers to influence healthcare decisions. He highlighted the fiscal ...

Alex Garlick worked in Congress during the 2017 debate over whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was one of the most memorable years for federal healthcare policy in recent memory.