Demand and costs for care are rising at the same time that a labor shortage threatens to worsen. How can you plan for this need now?

Readers respond to a guest essay by four Trump administration officials. Also: President Trump’s contentious meeting with the South African president.

The company lent roughly $9 billion to practices affected by a vast cyberattack on its payment systems last year. Medical practices are now suing the health care colossus, saying it is pressuring them to repay funds.

President Trump directed his administration to help states import drugs from Canada. But a proposal to alter a Medicare program to reduce costs could wind up raising prices.

Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.

As Elon Musk continues to argue that Social Security drives illegal immigration, a new effort at the agency aims to curb it.

Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” reached $10 billion last year. A leading seller made a large donation to President Trump’s election campaign.

The government should make it easier to get access to GLP-1s.

New York Times reporters are looking into cases of unnecessary and wasteful spending in government health programs.

Administration officials reversed a decision made during the Biden presidency that would have given millions of people access to weight-loss drugs paid for Medicare and Medicaid.