Large health insurers and other companies are especially keen on doctors’ groups that care for patients in private Medicare plans.

The California health care organization will create a new nonprofit that aims to acquire a half-dozen additional community health systems.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has issued a report urging oversight of insurance brokers who are being offered financial incentives to push more expensive plans.

Inflation and pressing household expenses are forcing some people to postpone health needs, an emerging trend that has health experts worried that conditions may only...