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What to Know About Finding Health Insurance for Children

Healthcare is critical for a child’s long-term well-being. Children who have access to insurance coverage are more likely to receive preventive care and services such as routine physicals, ... Read More

Health insurance watchdog plans to increase levy by 10%

The Health Insurance Authority (HIA) plans to increase the stamp duty levy attached to most private health insurance policies by about 10 per cent from April, to continue to fund a decades-old subsidy ... Read More

New CT law extends private health coverage for autism therapy to age 26

One of the new law's provisions directs the now 20- member Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee to conduct a study for the state legislature's review on existing ... Read More

Medicaid, Private Health Insurance, And More

The November 2025 issue of Health Affairs features articles on a variety of topics, including different aspects of Medicaid enrollment in the wake of the unwinding of COVID-19-era protections, ... Read More

These States Let You Stay on Your Parents' Health Insurance Until Age 30+

Some states are more lenient with deadlines, and a handful of them even let you stay on your parents’ plan for several extra years, provided ... Read More

Private health insurers use AI to approve or deny care. Soon Medicare will, too.

Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the ... Read More

Exclusive: Americans waiting for Obamacare subsidies delay or drop health insurance

Officials from several U.S. states say Americans relying on subsidies to afford Obamacare health insurance are holding off on enrolling as they face 2026 premium hikes that could more than double, ... Read More

Cyclones drive people to buy health insurance, more so than some government campaigns

This research was partly funded by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (#CE200100025). Francis Mitrou receives funding from the ... Read More

Bethany for Children and Families receives $10k grant from Delta Dental of Illinois

Bethany for Children and Families has reached over 1,600 people so far in the 2025-26 school year, already approaching their total from last year. They aren’t stopping, either; they want to ... Read More

More Idaho children are losing health insurance. Here’s what we know

Idaho saw a rise in uninsured children that was larger than nearly every other state, according to a new report from Georgetown University, after thousands of Idaho children lost coverage in recent ... Read More