Health insurers made $41B the year COVID landed. Why are they raising rates now?

Claire Lindell had to wait months for treatment when doctors in April 2020 were forced to suddenly cancel the little girl’ s spine surgery. “That was a tough period,” recalled her father, A.J. Lindell ... Read More

Oklahoma ACA health insurance costs could rise sharply if federal aid ends, insurance commissioner says

Insurance commissioner warns of potentially higher medical costs. Health insurance premiums could spike without tax credit extension, he said. Read More

Thought inflation was bad? Health insurance premiums are rising even faster

Kirk Vartan pays more than $2,000 a month for a high-deductible health insurance plan from Blue Shield on Covered California, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace. He could have selected a ... Read More

Soaring inflation hikes health insurance premiums, making standardised care costlier

Yes, the premium of health plans has gone up considerably in the past few years, and this trend is making standardised care costlier ... on health insurance premiums. But the good news is there ... Read More

Tackling rising health insurance premiums and exorbitant private hospital charges

The recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing on private healthcare costs has highlighted serious concerns about rising health insurance premiums ... is to ensure that treatment costs are ... Read More

Health insurance premiums to rise 3.7pc in new cost-of-living hit

More than 15 million Australians face the highest annual rise in private health insurance premiums in seven years ... “It is another hit to Australians’ household budgets at a time when ... Read More

Health insurance premiums set to rise by 3.73pc after lengthy government negotiations

Health insurance premiums will rise ... the hike as "another hit" to Australian household budgets. Health Minister Mark Butler had previously ordered private health insurers to go back to the ... Read More

Thought inflation was bad? Health insurance premiums are rising even faster

Rising premiums have also hit ... care. Rising insurance costs are cutting deeper into family incomes and squeezing small businesses. The average annual cost of family health insurance offered by ... Read More