Community health clinics provide primary care to 1 in 10 people in the U.S., but they often operate on razor-thin margins. Ariel Skelley/Photodisc via Getty Images Jennifer Spinghart, University of ...

With the cost of health insurance set to rise, some Americans are asking a surprising question: Is it actually cheaper to get medical care without it? The short answer: Sometimes. But not often. And ...

The American health care system suffers from many misalignments of incentives, but one is particularly irksome: When individual patients make prudent decisions about their care, choosing reasonable ...

Jennifer Spinghart does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...