With ACA costs on the rise, Trump team promotes more limited catastrophic health insurance plans

Tens of millions of people face sticker shock enrolling in Affordable Care Act insurance for 2026. To save money, the Trump administration wants them to consider less generous coverage. Read More

Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose

Compared with traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans are, on average, paid more by the taxpayer-funded Medicare system for covering each enrollee. Advantage plans also have more flexibility to ... Read More

Why your health insurance may soon cost a lot more

Millions will be paying substantially more for health insurance next year, according to multiple surveys. Insurers cited tariffs and demand for obesity drugs. Read More

Health insurance will cost more for millions of Americans — especially rural residents

Patients have their blood pressure checked at an intake triage at a clinic in Grundy, Va. Rural residents will be hardest hit by looming health insurance premium increases, according to a new report. ... Read More

Your health insurance costs are rising at the highest level since 2010. Here's why.

Working-age Americans who get health insurance through their job will see largest health insurance rate hikes since 2010. Read More

Americans are facing the biggest spike in health insurance costs in 15 years — here are 3 easy ways to protect against it

The expression “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” is both a common idiom and, given the way health insurance costs are trending, perhaps the most financially tenable health care plan in the U.S. Read More

How churn threatens Americans’ health

Emanuel is the vice provost for global initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy university professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Graves is a professor of health policy at ... Read More

Why the election outcome could bring big changes to Medicare

Democrats and conservatives are divided over whether the federal health program for people over 65 should be run almost entirely by the private sector. Read More

Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos

Young adults without jobs that provide insurance find that their options are limited and expensive. The problem is about to get worse. Credit... Supported by By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Hannah Norman ... Read More