Health Insurance News Health Insurance Is Expensive, But Americans Intend To Keep Their Plans In 2023

A family health insurance plan now costs nearly $27,000. Why is insurance so expensive?

If it seems like your health insurance bill is rising faster than your paycheck, you're not mistaken. The average cost for a family health insurance plan offered through the workplace was $26,993 in ... Read More

Obamacare Is Expensive. But So Is All Health Insurance.

The main difference is that most Americans don’t confront the full cost of their coverage. By Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz The authors have been covering the high cost of American health care ... Read More

The shutdown is about to end. Will millions lose their health insurance?

The shutdown could end without a guarantee to extend COVID-19 pandemic-era subsidies that made some health plans less expensive for millions of Americans. Read More

Health insurance subsidy standoff pits affordable care for millions against federal budget constraints

(THE CONVERSATION) As the federal government entered a shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025, competing narratives quickly emerged about the cause. Without new legislation, the subsidies revert to pre-2021 levels ... Read More

Government shutdown nears end, but health insurance costs could spike for 20M+ Americans — 3 things to do now before the Dec. 31 expiration

A fter eight senate Democrats broke ranks and joined Republicans in voting to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax ... Read More

Health insurance is about to get a lot more expensive: What you can do

Republicans have shut down the federal government because they want to end Affordable Care Act tax credits, and if they get their way, some Virginia families enrolled in the Virginia Insurance ... Read More

How Health Insurance Got So Expensive

It’s open enrollment season. And for the 20 million Americans who buy their own health insurance, prices are through the roof.Rates are up an average of 30 percent for a typical plan in the 30 states ... Read More

EDITORIAL: Congress must act to keep health insurance affordable

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