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Feb 18 2026POLITICS

Why U. S. Health Care Is So Expensive

Health care in the United States costs almost one‑fifth of the country’s economic output, far more than other rich nations. The reasons lie in how the system is organized, funded and run, rather than in medical technology alone. Across the world there are four main ways to deliver health services.

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Oct 29 2025HEALTH

Fixing the Broken Health Data System in the US: What We Can Learn from Other Countries

The US health data system is in trouble. It's always had issues, but things got worse under the Trump administration. They cut funding, made research political, and ignored privacy rules. This made it harder to collect data and people stopped trusting the system. Other countries handle health data

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