As this midterm-election year barrels toward decision day, health insurers continue taking punches from both political parties. The piling-on might be as unfair as it is understandable.  

Boarding is hospital-speak for when patients get left in the emergency department, typically on gurneys or in wheelchairs, for many hours—sometimes days—because no inpatient beds are available. 

The 22-week-old patient was successfully treated by a traveling cardiologist—all without being transported to the cath lab.

The largest single component of the overall project is likely to be the high-tech, high-touch hospital that’s now slated for opening in 2030.

The more you maintain good physical fitness from your mid-40s to your mid-60s, the likelier you are to add years to your life and life to your later years.