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  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    Rana Foroohar
    Pursuit of profit bodes ill for US healthcare

    Growing private equity investment in the health industry risks making the rich richer and the sick sicker

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    News in-depthHealth Care
    US doctors fear patients at risk as cost cuts follow private equity deals

    Critics says hours and staffing are reduced inside hospitals after healthcare takeovers

  • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
    US dental benefits: on the cusp of a historic change Premium content

    Congress is contemplating adding dentistry to its Medicare health programme for seniors

  • Tuesday, 22 June, 2021
    Janan Ganesh
    What the parable of Obamacare teaches Republicans

    The party can win a culture war but not a class war

  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    The FT View
    Supreme Court’s ACA decision puts stability over ideology

    Obamacare ruling showed justices understand need to protect the institution

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    US Supreme Court throws out challenge to Obamacare

    Latest Republican attempt to invalidate healthcare law rebuffed in 7-2 decision

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    News in-depthUS employment
    Biden hopes to revive long march of women back into US workforce

    Female labour force participation rate reached its height 21 years ago

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    IPOs
    Insurer Oscar Health falls in Wall Street debut after $1.4bn IPO

    New York company co-founded by Joshua Kushner was valued at almost $8bn in flotation

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    FT Swamp Notes
    Social unrest and pandemics: another coming plague? Premium content

    The upheaval could provide an opportunity for the healthcare system to create jobs

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    LexInsurance
    US health insurers: accidents will happen Premium content

    Big threat to profits will come from rise of claims when deferred medical treatments resume

  • Sunday, 27 September, 2020
    Supreme Court US
    Trump raises prospect of Supreme Court striking down health law

    Obamacare likely to be flashpoint as Republicans try to push through Barrett confirmation

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Trump says he will protect coverage for pre-existing health conditions

    US president outlines healthcare policy vision but gives little detail on how to implement it

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
    Life insurers could help solve America’s healthcare shortfall

    The pandemic-driven recession has deprived people of medical care when they most need it the most

  • Sunday, 21 June, 2020
    LexHealth Care
    US wages: medical urgency Premium content

    Pay data help to explain the costly nature of the healthcare system

  • Sunday, 10 May, 2020
    Healthcare costs
    Millions of Americans to lose insurance as jobless rate soars

    Trump administration under pressure to cover healthcare costs as unemployment rises to postwar high

  • Thursday, 30 April, 2020
    FT Magazine
    How coronavirus broke America’s healthcare system

    The US spends $3.6tn a year on health. Why does the pandemic threaten so many of its hospitals?

  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
    LexCoronavirus pandemic
    US healthcare industry: crisis will expose flaws Premium content

    The biggest threat to insurers’ profits is political

  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
    Disease control and prevention
    FT Health: Coronavirus — a time for trade-offs

    Sir Michael Marmot, the cost of obesity, fighting fake news

  • Monday, 2 March, 2020
    US Supreme Court to hear fresh Obamacare challenge

    Judges will weigh Democratic states’ attempts to defend former president’s signature health law

  • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
    Further reading

    What’sApp; Tesla; Coronavirus; and more.

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    FT-Peterson pollFT-Peterson US Economic Monitor
    Soaring healthcare costs weigh on voters in US battleground states

    Issue of medical bills is big issue in presidential election, according to FT poll

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Special ReportHealth at Work
    Burnout rife among American doctors

    US physicians suffering because of rising productivity expectations and onerous paperwork

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    2 min
    Why healthcare policy is a defining issue for America

    FT's Rana Foroohar examines why this will dominate next year's US election

  • Sunday, 10 November, 2019
    Rana Foroohar
    Healthcare policy is a defining issue for America

    Wrangling over insurance system reforms will dominate the 2020 presidential election

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    News in-depthFT Alphaville
    Rising healthcare costs are another driver of US inequality

    America’s have-nots have benefited from low inflation, except when it comes to medical costs.

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