Concierge medicine, where patients pay often hefty annual fees, is booming. It’s a sign of what’s broken in health care.

As costs increase, primary care practices are joining forces in Independent Physician Associations. The goal is to leverage better insurance contracts, while ensuring doctors still call the shots.

Andrea Meneses stumbled on a direct primary care clinic because of a crisis. Her grandmother, visiting Wisconsin from Bolivia, did not have insurance but needed to see a doctor fast. One of the ...

For years, as insurance premiums climbed and Americans worried about medical expenses, economists have pointed to industry concentration as one cause. That policy conversation, however, usually ...

Primary care providers in the United States are in short supply leading to reduced access to preventive and longitudinal care. A recent survey shows that wait times at primary care have increased ...