52% Of Health Care Leaders Expect Industry Conditions To Worsen In 2026

More than half of health care leaders surveyed anticipate a more difficult year ahead for the health care industry. While nearly three-quarters of respondents believe their own organization’s prospects for 2026 will be either better than or similar to 2025, their outlook on the broader industry is less positive. The share of leaders forecasting a worse year for the industry overall increased by 21 percentage points compared to the prior year’s survey, reaching 52%. At the same time, the share expecting industry conditions to improve fell from 30% to 16%, while those anticipating no change declined from . . .