"Regardless of what it is called, the ultimate health-care-delivery system would be run by government bureaucrats who would make medical decisions based on politics and budgets." ...

Throughout 2025, the federal government and several state healthcare systems advanced new restrictions on diversity, equity, ...

Socialists and progressives demand that the US adopt a “single payer” healthcare system in which the government provides ...

A single-payer system is when the government pays healthcare claims using taxes. Universal coverage means everyone has health insurance, either through the government, private insurance, or both. Some ...

Universal health care (UHC) is a system under which "all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship," said the ...

Japan is a showcase for universal health care, and what we’re losing in GOP attacks on the Affordable Care Act.

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom didn't expect to be reckoning with another health care crisis. In March, as President Trump and congressional Republicans escalated a nationwide debate over whether to ...

Oregon’s health care system is at a breaking point. Hospitals on the verge of collapse. Birthing and dialysis centers are closing down, leaving Oregonians in the lurch. Hospitals and clinics are ...

Here’s a piece of Republican rhetoric that used to be ubiquitous but that you never hear anymore: America has the best health-care system in the world. Republican politicians liked this line because ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Larry Levitt of the Kaiser Family Foundation about the state of the U.S. health system as we close out 2025 with no deal in Congress to extend Obamacare. subsidies.

Most Americans are aware that the health care system we have in place is not working. Having health insurance tied to employment makes life especially stressful for people with chronic medical needs.