NPR's Scott Simon talks with Larry Levitt of KFF about the state of the U.S. health system as we close out 2025 with no deal in Congress to extend Obamacare subsidies. Congress left Washington, D.C., ...

Here are 87 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service released in 2025.

Here are 33 health systems that recently had their outlooks upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service in 2025. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health systems were compiled from ...

Dr. Cooper is an associate professor of public health and economics at Yale. The debate over whether to extend the expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies has consumed lawmakers over the past two ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Board of Directors of the Albany Med Health System has chosen a new president and CEO. Daniel Pickett, III was unanimously chosen to replace Dr. Dennis McKenna. Dr. McKenna ...

WVU Health System will acquire the facilities, employees — and debt load — from Independence Health when the two entities are officially joined in the second half of next year, according to hospital ...

Independence Health System will join the West Virginia University Health System, WVU Medicine has announced. WVU Health System said it will make $800 million in investments over five years to ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Health System and Pennsylvania-based Independence Health System have announced plans to merge, bringing five hospitals into the system—Butler Memorial, ...

MEANS FOR PATIENTS AND WORKERS. OFFICIALS WITH BOTH INDEPENDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM AND WVU MEDICINE SAY THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. WVU HEALTH SYSTEM HAS 25 HOSPITALS ...

A vehicle moves along a driveway behind a sign on the campus of Butler Memorial Hospital, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Butler, Pa. The West Virginia University Health System is expanding its reach into ...

A hospital system in Western Pennsylvania is set to become part of the West Virginia University Health System. The West Virginia University Health System and Independence Health System announced plans ...

Independence Health System — with hospitals in Greensburg, Latrobe and Mt. Pleasant — announced Wednesday that it will join West Virginia University Health System beginning in fall 2026. The agreement ...