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Time running out for Trump, lawmakers to fix soaring health care costs

Millions of Americans will see a big jump in prices after year's end – if a bipartisan agreement remains elusive to keep costs down. Read More

What Can Public Employers Do About Skyrocketing Health-Care Costs?

As employers start receiving premium pricing from their medical insurance providers for 2026, the outlook for health-care expenses is a familiar one: Costs and premiums are heading up, up and away. Read More

Health care costs are surging in NYS and nationally. Here's what's driving them.

To retain good employees, Rich Michals Jr. has paid the entire cost of health insurance premiums for his local workers at the Farmingdale-based Parcel Management Auditing and Consulting for all of the ... Read More

Your health insurance premiums are set to jump in 2026, with costs rising twice as fast as inflation

Open enrollment — the annual window when employees can adjust their benefits — may deliver sticker shock this year. Workers are likely to pay between 6% to 7% more for their 2026 employer-sponsored ... Read More

Health insurance premiums are going up next year — unless you work at these companies

NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live? Read More

Juan Ochoa: When health insurance tax credits disappear, so does my family’s peace of mind

I remember the knot in my stomach when I had to tell one of my best workers at Miramar Group that we might not be able to keep offering affordable health coverage. He’s been with me for years — ... Read More

GOP will brutalize voters with spiking health care costs unless Trump says to stop | Opinion

Here’s all you need to know about the government shutdown and the financial pain and inconvenience it’s beginning to cause Americans: If President Donald Trump told congressional Republicans to make a ... Read More

Some Americans are getting sticker shock as they shop for Affordable Care Act insurance

The Affordable Care Act marketplaces opened for enrollment on Nov. 1, with the average premium for a mid-level insurance plan surging 26% this year to $625 per month, according to nonprofit health ... Read More

Health care isn’t a political issue. It’s a math issue. And the math isn’t adding up | Opinion

In an ever-changing world, it’s nice to know that some things stay the same – my annual health insurance premium increase just came through for the 20th year in a row! For 2026, my company’s ... Read More

Opinion - MAHA is nothing more than empty rhetoric leading health care on a dangerous course

Over my career, I have worked as a primary care physician, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and an executive at CVS Health. So by all means, yes, let’s Make America Healthy Again. But if that’s ... Read More

Average Obamacare premiums are set to rise 30 percent, documents show

Premiums for the most popular types of plans sold on the federal health insurance marketplace Healthcare.gov will spike on average by 30 percent next year, according to final rates approved by the ... Read More