Health Insurance News I Learned The Hard Way Just How Barbaric American Health Care Is

Why the ACA needs young people — and the looming 'death spiral' for health insurance

Young and healthy people who get Affordable Care Act health insurance are thinking about dropping coverage next year, as the government remains shutdown over health care tax credits. Read More

Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums

Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters’ mailboxes and sending some to town halls to vent their frustration ... Read More

Many voters say health care unaffordable, are open to new insurance system: Poll

New polling has found that the majority of voters say health care in the U.S. is unaffordable and are open to a health insurance system that doesn’t tie coverage to employment. Undue Medical ... Read More

The health insurance subsidies behind the government shutdown

Harvard Kennedy School's Mark Shepard discusses health insurance subsidies and why they have become such a sticking point for lawmakers. Read More

Obamacare Is Expensive. But So Is All Health Insurance.

“Health insurance in America is very expensive, because health care is very expensive,” said Katherine Baicker, a health economist who is the provost at the University of Chicago. “And that’s true in ... Read More

The Great American Health Hustle: How Insurance and Tariffs Keep Patients Paying the Price

Once upon a time, health insurance was supposed to be a safety net — a promise that no one would lose everything just because they got sick. It was meant to be protection, not profit. The increased ... Read More

The Health Insurance Cost Crisis Is Now Upon Us

The price hikes won’t happen until January 1, but open enrollment begins on November 1, ten days from now—and the average exchange beneficiary will see their premium costs more than double. Read More

Health insurance sticker shock begins as shutdown battle over subsidies rages

Many states have shown rising premiums ahead of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act plans. The government shutdown is driven by Democrats and Republicans being far apart on the issue of extended ... Read More

Health care for thousands of Coloradans caught up in fight over federal spending package in Congress

Congress has just a few days to agree on a federal funding package or the White House says there could be mass layoffs. Republicans and Democrats are at an impasse over tax credits that help millions ... Read More

What's behind the health care fight that led to the government shutdown

A fight over health policy drove the current federal government shutdown. At issue is the cost of premiums for health care plans people buy on the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, marketplaces. Read More

Greene ‘disgusted’ if health care tax credits expire and premiums double

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) signaled a willingness to negotiate with Democrats on their health care demands, breaking with her party on an issue at the core of the government shutdown standoff ... Read More

Health care is set to hit budgets of Hoosiers hard

Many hard-working Hoosiers will be in for sticker shock when they start shopping for next year’s health coverage in the individual marketplace. For the past several years, thousands of Hoosiers have ... Read More