That structural change influences how care is delivered, how physicians allocate time, and how patients access ...

As the U.S. population continues to age, the demand for direct-care workers who provide care, services and support to the elderly and the disabled is expected to rise dramatically. A recent survey by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sai writes about healthcare, innovation and technology. The entire realm of primary care in America is evolving. Primary care ...

Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03), Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have introduced legislation to invest in and support direct care workers. The Direct Creation, ...

American health care is too often overpriced, impersonal, and dysfunctional. Too many middlemen and regulations in the health care system are driving up costs, increasing complexity, burning out our ...

The Colorado Senate Health and Human Services Committee is postponing consideration of a bill to allow Medicaid recipients to ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, introduces transformative changes to the tax landscape. Among these changes, the Act allows Health Savings ...

The US needs nearly eight million DCWs in the next decade to meet demand for home care and nursing services, but projections indicate a shortfall of more than 150,000 DCWs by 2030 and 355,000 by 2040.

Kevin Gibas is an infectious diseases doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as well as a research fellow with a focus in health policy at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. As the ...