Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Most Americans enrolled in employer-sponsored commercial insurance ...

Over the past two decades, global health has undergone a profound transformation. As public funding for international health ...

Health plans should be encouraged to leverage the data generated by price transparency to empower their enrollees with ...

Open enrollment — the annual window when employees can adjust their benefits — may deliver sticker shock this year. Workers are likely to pay between 6% to 7% more for their 2026 employer-sponsored ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

For health care workers in the United States, the COVID pandemic significantly ramped up feelings of burnout and anguish, according to a federal survey released this week. The crisis didn't start with ...

Forty years ago, Black women convened to discuss how race affected their health. They helped reimagine what medical care could look like. In June of 1983, Black women gathered for the First National ...

Behavioral health practices focus on the ways that your thoughts and emotions influence your behavior. “Behavioral health” is a term for a wide-reaching field that looks at mental health, lifestyle, ...

Mental health stigma refers to negative beliefs people may hold about those with mental illness, which can lead to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Public awareness and literacy have ...

Dr. Carr is an assistant professor at the Institute for Society and Genetics at U.C.L.A. What if the cure for our current mental health crisis is not more mental health care? The mental health toll of ...