A National Bureau of Economic Research study suggests that increasing health care prices are driving up unemployment in the US. Investigators noted that every 1% hike in health care prices reduces...

Republican and Democratic senators agreed at a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to focus on patent reform to stop pharmaceutical firms from extending their product patents, which drives...

Rising drug prices and ongoing shortages are not only hurting the finances of hospitals and health systems, but also threatening  access to necessary care for patients, according to an American...

Republican and Democratic senators at a committee hearing accused pharmaceutical firms of abusing the US patent system to keep their prescription drug prices high. Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Eli...

Hospital prices rose 7.7% last month compared with the same period last year, the highest monthly increase since October 2010, according to the Labor Department, and economists said higher hospital...

A RAND analysis of claims data from over 4,000 US hospitals found that private and employer-based insurance providers paid 254% more for inpatient and outpatient hospital services, on average, than...