Health care spending in the U.S. reached $5.3 trillion and increased 7.2% in 2024, similar to 7.4% in 2023, as increased ...

The U.S. spent 7.2% more on healthcare in 2024. Most of the acceleration was because of greater use and intensity of medical ...

As the major insurers reported their second-quarter financial results at the end of last month, a theme emerged: higher-than-expected costs driven in part by higher-than-expected utilization. But Hal ...

States with Medicaid expansions spend more per enrollee overall than nonexpansion states, and nearly half of expansion states’ enrollees have a chronic condition, a May 28 KFF Health News report found ...

Humana's financial results for Q4 and for full-year 2024 show a 10% revenue increase, but that's about the only bright spot as the insurer was hit by significant losses, according to its Q4 earnings ...

Food-insecure individuals have fewer total annual visits (in-person and via telehealth) across 4 types of office-based and outpatient visits: general checkup, diagnosis or treatment, psychotherapy or ...

Social risk factors, including financial, housing, and food instability, are prevalent and interrelated, impacting healthcare utilization rates. Insured adults with social risk exposure showed higher ...

SLIDELL, LA, UNITED STATES, January 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Employers across multiple industries are increasingly examining healthcare utilization patterns as ...

UnitedHealth (UNH) stock gains as Evercore ISI starts its coverage with an Outperform recommendation, banking on the ...

National healthcare spending reached $5.3 trillion in 2024 as Americans continued to ravenously consume healthcare coming out of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from CMS actuaries.