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Most seniors with Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) will pay more for medicine next year after the Trump administration’s July 28 announcement to end temporary subsidies for those plans.

Journalists can cover this story no...

If you’ve recently been laid off, I’m sorry. Losing a job is emotionally, practically and financially destabilizing — especially when your identity and sense of purpose are closely tied to your work, as they are for many writers and editors.

But let me offer some hope. When I took a last-minute buyout after 15 years of staff roles in the summer of 2023, I felt some...

In the first entry in a series for STAT News, “Out of Pocket, Out of Reach,” reporter Bob Herman showed that since 1987, the cost of health insurance for employers and workers has risen by 979% while overall inflation in that time ...

Worrying abdominal pain, headaches or other health symptoms frequently happen at inconvenient times, like on a weekend or after your doctor’s office has closed for the day.

To accommodate patients with concerns like this, some medical centers have begun offering their own AI-powered symptom checkers — programs that ask patients questions about their symptoms and th...

Investing more in primary care is linked to lower health care costs, according to a new report.

Journalists can cover this story nationally and locally, especially in rural areas where access to primary care can be more challenging, according to the report, “