Massachusetts can no longer ignore the health care affordability crisis

EDITORIAL: Fixing high cost of lavish health plan

Some steps taken to deal with a massive taxpayer-funded expense.

Our Health Care System Is Broken Beyond Repair. We Need Medicare for All.

Repealing Medicare cuts and restoring ACA subsidies are the first step. But ultimately, we need universal health care.

Reynolds: Vermont deserves more affordable health coverage options

Too many Vermonters are struggling under the weight of extraordinarily high health insurance costs, high health care prices, and too few choices. The post Reynolds: Vermont deserves more affordable health coverage options first appeared on Vermont Daily Chronicle. The post Reynolds: Vermont deserves more affordable health coverage options appeared first on Vermont Daily Chronicle.

Dem Senate candidate El-Sayed wants Medicare for all, but wife doesn’t accept it

Left-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed supports universal health care through a single-payer “Medicare for All” system that would cover every American “from cradle to grave.” His wife, psychiatrist Sarah Jukaku, does not take Medicare or any other insurance plan, forcing her patients to pay out of pocket for the services they receive. She also []...Click to read more

When " Economically Unviable" Becomes a Public Health Crisis

When " Economically Unviable" Becomes a Public Health Crisis

Healey’s ‘serious’ look at health care also a confidential effort

Bay Staters are increasingly unable to afford care, with many forgoing doctor's visits and other health care services due to escalating cost concerns that are exacerbated by rising premiums and the prevalence of high deductible plans

Your Annual Physical as a Financial Strategy: How Preventive Health Spending Impacts Lifetime Wealth

Your Annual Physical as a Financial Strategy: How Preventive Health Spending Impacts Lifetime Wealth

Washington’s $200 billion healthcare blind spot

As Congress debates Medicaid spending, Medicare solvency, and healthcare affordability, it continues to overlook a proven operational reform that could reduce U.S. hospital costs by more than 200 billion annually while improving patient safety, expanding access to care, and reducing workforce strain — without cutting benefits or increasing taxpayer spending. Healthcare affordability consistently ranks as []

Health funding overhaul shows quiet shift in primary care reform - Cecilia Robinson

Health funding overhaul shows quiet shift in primary care reform - Cecilia Robinson

Americans find common ground on healthcare

Americans agree that healthcare needs to be better, cheaper, and less complicated. Good ideas toward those goals are bubbling up around the country.

As Cost of Living Surges, One College Rethinks Basic Needs Support

As Cost of Living Surges, One College Rethinks Basic Needs Support Joshua.Bay Wed, 07/01/2026 - 03:00 AM At Stony Brook University, a revamped pantry includes culturally significant foods and hygiene products, reflecting a national shift as colleges expand essential student services. Byline(s) Joshua Bay

What Christians Need to Know about Senate's Proposed Insulin Price Cap

Staggering healthcare costs are crippling millions of Americans managing diabetes, forcing many to make impossible choices between vital medication and basic necessities. Explore how groundbreaking legislation and innovative community support, including a unique role for churches, are emerging to combat this crisis and offer crucial relief.

Gavin Newsom’s Healthcare Tax: Just the Latest Hit to CA Families

Gavin Newsom’s Healthcare Tax: Just the Latest Hit to CA Families

Doctors say 8 forgotten habits could help fight stress, obesity and chronic disease

From walking everywhere to eating seasonal foods and sharing community meals, experts say these forgotten American health habits are worth reviving.

The sky is not falling. Americans are getting healthier.

Despite declining obesity and heart disease rates, increasing cancer survival rates, and a record high life expectancy, politicians from both parties are pushing costly and ineffective policies to address perceived crises in the healthcare industry.

Letters, June 21, 2026: ‘Welcome change in health care’

Health care needs help As pensioners and frequent users of our inadequate health-care system we are grateful the UCP are trying something different in mixing public and paid surgeries. It will eventually relieve stress on the wait lists. We are also gratified to see the UCP are being pragmatic and implementing systems already successful in []

Americans for Prosperity Applauds Governor Scott’s EO to Expand Health Insurance Access

Montpelier, Vermont — Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) applauds Governor Phil Scott’s Executive Order 05-26, which modernizes Vermont’s healthcare laws and directs state agencies to start using their existing authority to lower costs. AFP Deputy Northeast Region Director Ross Connolly said: “Vermonters have struggled with some of the highest health insurance premiums in the nation. Today, Governor Scott [] The post Americans for Prosperity Applauds Governor Scott’s EO to Expand Health Insurance Access appeared first on Americans for Prosperity.

Épargner aujourd’hui pour mieux vivre demain : ces précieux conseils de l’économiste Abdoulaye Soumah

Face à l’augmentation du coût de la vie et aux incertitudes économiques, l’épargne apparaît de plus en plus comme un levier essentiel pour assurer sa stabilité financière. Pourtant, de nombreuses personnes, notamment les jeunes, peinent encore à intégrer cette habitude dans leur quotidien. Pour mieux comprendre les enjeux, Guineematin.com a interrogé ce vendredi, 3 juillet [] The post Épargner aujourd’hui pour mieux vivre demain : ces précieux conseils de l’économiste Abdoulaye Soumah first appeared on Guineematin.com.

Bedblock-busting pilot program aims to aid hundreds of stranded aged-care patients

There’s 10.3 billion extra for the health system, but from transport to housing and schools and western Sydney, here’s where else the money is being spent.

Moving for healthier living

Moving for healthier living

5 Costly Mistakes That Can Trigger Medicare Surcharges — And How to Avoid Paying Thousands More Than You Should

5 Costly Mistakes That Can Trigger Medicare Surcharges — And How to Avoid Paying Thousands More Than You Should

Option Care Health: Mildly Interesting After Pullback

Option Care Health: Mildly Interesting After Pullback

NY Dirt: Hit the gym

New Yorkers are ready to get healthy. Retailers are willing to bet on it. One trend driving retail activity this past quarter compared to last was high-end wellness. The two largest leases of the quarter, as compiled in a JLL report released Thursday, were Chelsea Piers’ 76,000-square-foot deal by the South Street Seaport, at 250 Water Street, and Life Time’s 71,000-square-foot lease in North Williamsburg. Both are boutique gyms. Following close behind was Atria Health, a membership-based medical group that focuses on “optimizing your lifestyle” and “healthy longevity.” Its services cost 60,000 per year, according to The New York Times. []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.

Black, Hispanic, Rural Americans hit hardest by rising health care costs and unmet needs

An Urban Institute analysis found that approximately 35 percent of working adults, ages 18 to 64, had unmet health care needs because they could not afford the costs. The post Black, Hispanic, Rural Americans hit hardest by rising health care costs and unmet needs appeared first on URL Media.

Housing affordability unlikely to return to more favorable levels of the past, economist says

Morgan Stanley report says U.S. housing affordability is unlikely to return to pre-2022 levels as the market adjusts to higher costs and tighter supply.

Akses perlindungan kesihatan digital lebih mudah dengan Kaotim MediKad

KOS rawatan kesihatan yang semakin meningkat ketika ini membuatkan ramai mula memberi perhatian terhadap kepentingan perlindungan perubatan, khusus­nya pelan yang lebih mudah di­akses dan tidak membebankan komitmen bulanan. Seiring perubahan gaya hidup digital, Kaotim MediKad di­per­kenalkan oleh Syarikat Ta­ka­ful Malaysia Keluarga Berhad (Ta­kaful Malaysia) sebagai pilihan perlindungan perubatan yang lebih ringkas, pantas dan mesra pengguna. Pelan ... Read more The post Akses perlindungan kesihatan digital lebih mudah dengan Kaotim MediKad appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Sen. Rand Paul Fumes About Healthcare Expense

Sen. Rand Paul Fumes About Healthcare Expense

David Jolly - Florida governor candidate David Jolly says the state is 49th in ‘avoidable’ hospital costs. Is it?

Florida is “49th in avoidable hospital costs.”

Low-Tax States For Middle-Class Families Ranked by Childcare Affordability

Low-Tax States For Middle-Class Families Ranked by Childcare Affordability

'Relief and reform': pre-election budget promises

Cost-of-living relief features heavily in the NSW budget, with housing, health and energy also key priorities as the government heads towards a 2027 election.

Op-Ed: Scheme to Loot Energy Producers, Supercharge Affordability Crisis, Gets Hearing in N.J.

By Doug Kellogg Cross-Posted from ATR.org In the midst of an affordability crisis that has demanded the attention of politicians from the right and left, [...]

SAVE America Act Top Priority, We Will Find a Way

SAVE America Act Top Priority, We Will Find a Way

Indiana takes on powerful hospitals by capping prices they charge employers

Tired of watching its employers struggle to afford the cost of healthcare, Republican-controlled Indiana is trying a traditionally liberal tactic to control costs: setting government price controls on hospitals. Under a law enacted last year, ...

Frugal people share their best money-saving tips that worked for them in 2025

We really trimmed the grocery bill this year doing this. It really helped. The post Frugal people share their best money-saving tips that worked for them in 2025 appeared first on Upworthy.

New Medicaid Work Rule Means More Opportunities To Lose Coverage

A work requirement is coming to Medicaid. Sam Whitehead tells WAMU’s “Health Hub” how to keep your coverage — and who’s exempt from the new rule.

Mitsotakis: “We have transformed the worn-down Penteli Children’s Hospital into a state-of-the-art paediatric hospital”

“More than 150 Health Centers have been fully funded and upgraded through the Recovery Fund,” the PM said, accompanied by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis The post Mitsotakis: “We have transformed the worn-down Penteli Children’s Hospital into a state-of-the-art paediatric hospital” appeared first on ProtoThema English.

Conservatives rage over re-funding of Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood's beleaguered network of clinics will regain access to hundreds of millions in Medicaid funding this weekend — the fallout of Republicans' failure to pass an extension of the one-year defunding provision they approved last year. Starting July 5, clinics around the country can once again bill the federal program for reimbursement after providing non-abortion services, like birth control and screenings for sexually-transmitted infections, to low-income patients. Though other funding threats loom, it's a lifeline for the struggling organization, which has closed nearly 30 health centers nationwide that collectively served more than 40,000 patients since the defunding provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect in July 2025.

Medicaid Work Requirements Are Rolling Out Now — Here Is What Your State Has to Do Before Millions Lose Coverage

Medicaid work requirements from the One Big Beautiful Bill are taking effect in multiple states in 2026. Here is what it means for coverage, who is at risk, and what states must do.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Signs Bloated $63.4 Billion Budget Without Any Vetoes

Gov. Maura Healey signed Massachusetts' 63.4 billion fiscal 2027 budget without making any vetoes. The spending plan increases spending by 3.9 and includes education, health care and local aid funding.