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Premium increases are outpacing wage growth and general inflation at a time of intense focus on healthcare affordability, according to new research from KFF.

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Intuitive Surgical’s shares surged nearly 15% early Wednesday after the robot maker’s third-quarter sales and earnings topped analysts’ expectations.

Calley Means stopped short of accusing hospitals, insurers and drug companies from actively working to keep Americans sick, but said it was an “economic fact” that the companies benefit financially when people are ill.

Strong sales growth in the company’s electrophysiology unit comes amid a market fight between some of the medtech industry’s largest players.

Federal divestment in nursing education and stress due to medical misinformation could add to the the nation’s nursing shortage, according to the American Nurse Association leader.

Optum Real allows providers to receive information about patients’ health benefits in real time, the company said.

While the threat of tariffs dies down for the pharma industry, President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing a new investigation that could result in import taxes against U.S. trading partners that don’t pay enough for drugs.

The deal focuses on ICT01, a monoclonal antibody being tested in acute myeloid leukemia. ImCheck is also developing assets in infectious disease and other oncology indications.

Health technology firms are interested in going public next year, but policy and economic uncertainty creates a difficult environment for IPOs, experts said at HLTH.