Private equity (PE) in health care — that is, for-profit ownership by private investors of health care providers and facilities — has grown considerably over the past decade, raising lawmakers’ ...

The outcomes of this fall’s elections will profoundly affect Americans’ ability to access affordable, equitable health care.

A senior woman with a walker opens mail in her mailroom. When Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are denied coverage for ...

As climate change intensifies and New Yorkers face record-breaking heat, the city is taking new measures to protect residents’ health. Landlords will soon have to provide air conditioning to tenants, ...

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It took 10 years of political tension to establish Australia’s universal public health insurance program, known as Medicare. A universal health care bill was initially introduced in Parliament in 1973 ...

Most American adults take certain basic freedoms for granted—they can choose when to take a bath, what to eat for dinner, and whether to stay up late to finish a good book. But in many nursing homes, ...

Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here.

In the United States, vulnerable populations, including low-income people, the uninsured, and racial and ethnic minorities, have greater difficulty accessing health care, receive worse care overall, ...

Explore comparative data on key health system characteristics and performance indicators such as overall health care spending, hospital spending and utilization, health care access, and more.

Read full profiles of international health systems describing the role of government, how systems are organized and financed, who and what is covered, and what is being done to ensure quality of care, ...