Private health insurance premiums will be going up in 2026 — in some cases, by a lot. Congressional Democrats and Republicans ...

The United States ranks as the most expensive private healthcare market in the world.

Shalina Chatlani, Kentucky Lantern December 1, 2025 As more private equity firms buy health care physician practices and ...

Credit: Getty Images Although consolidation of practices under private equity ownership brings benefits by making processes more productive, such productivity does not always translate into better ...

The world's millionaires and billionaires are increasingly weighing health care costs in their migration plans.

In 2010, when purchasing Prospect Medical Holdings, the private equity firm Leonard Green and Partners made numerous lofty promises to state regulators around expanding services, capital investments, ...

Two-year-old Zion Gastelum died just days after dentists performed root canals and put crowns on six baby teeth at a clinic affiliated with a private equity firm. His parents sued the Kool Smiles ...

WASHINGTON — A lack of consistent policies and protocols by the Department of Veterans Affairs for administering private-sector health care for veterans is leading to medical records not being ...

WASHINGTON — Professional caregivers and veterans groups argued over the merits of private medical care versus care at the Department of Veterans Affairs during an emotional House Veterans’ Affairs ...

A visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif., on April 2, 2015. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) Veterans who use community care programs to access private sector ...

Private health insurance can offer a welcome safety net should you ever want access to medical tests or treatment more quickly than you may be able to secure it through the NHS. It can also mean a ...