A presidential advisory published by the American Heart Association on Feb. 3 outlines a set of healthcare principles focused on eliminating inequities in the healthcare system, promoting diversity and better addressing social determinants of health.

The finding was part of a larger exploration of healthcare waste, published recently by consulting firm Altarum. 

The top 10 largest insurers collectively wrote 51.8% of all healthcare premiums in the U.S. market in 2018.

President Donald Trump gave his annual State of the Union address on Feb. 4, calling on Congress to take on sky-high prescription drug prices.

That’s one of the key takeaways from a new special report, published in the journal Radiology. 

Wide variability is making it a monumental task to compare apples to apples from one hospital to the next, researchers determined. 

Healthcare was top of mind among Iowa caucus-goers as the start of the 2020 election kicked off in the state on Feb. 3. About 60% of Democrats at the Iowa caucuses said they support eliminating private health insurance and moving to a single-payer healthcare system.

The novel coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has become the world’s most expensive epidemic, according to data from Learnbonds.com. In fact, the virus, which has been compared to SARS and MERS, is expected to cost China about 2% of its GDP during the first quarter of 2020, or $62 billion.