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From routine tests to doctor’s visits to emergency care, healthcare costs keep climbing...why is it so expensive? We take a deep dive with Zack Cooper, Associate Professor of Public Health and of Economics and Director of the Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale University.

Fewer than half of Americans say they can afford healthcare. Could you afford getting hit with a big medical bill? Why are costs so high? * Almost two-thirds of Americans say a third party is needed…but it’s tough for one to get going. Could third parties gain traction by running as Republicans or Democrats and winning primaries? We’ll take a look at some recent examples

Are stagnant wages the hidden price tag of a broken healthcare system? On this week's Capitalisn't, Yale health economist Zack Cooper argues that the U.S. healthcare market is failing because of structural flaws like employer-sponsored insurance, which hides true costs from consumers.

Hospital prices tripled from 2000–2023, and roughly one-third of 1,331 system mergers occurred in markets where reduced competition would be expected to increase pricing power.

Expanded health systems pushing for higher reimbursements and insurer profit pressures add to CT's healthcare costs.

There’s plenty of blame to go around when it comes to the high cost of healthcare in the United States, but the leading driver often skates by with

Dark matter revealed?

Prices at hospitals have grown faster than prices in virtually any other sector of the economy.

If you get a hip replaced in the United States and you’re covered by private health insurance, the hospital invoice will come close to $30,000. Got Medicare? The bill drops to around $16,000.