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

Next year could bring highest health premium hikes since 2010

A Mercer survey projects a 6.5% increase in employer-based health insurance costs per employee next year. This jump in costs will likely be passed to workers through higher premiums and deductibles. Read More

Job based health insurance costs could rise

A Mercer survey finds workers will pay 6–7% more for job-based health insurance next year, marking the steepest increase in 15 years. Read More

Opinion - From job lock to job choice: Congress rethinks worker power

On the Hill, Senate HELP Committee Chair Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) new Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act is gaining bipartisan attention, and similar efforts are moving forward in the ... Read More

Brace for impact: health insurance costs on the rocks

Aug. 13—As many as 9,000 individuals in Haywood County could see their health insurance costs raise dramatically or their health coverage just disappear next year. Some 5,500 Haywood County residents ... 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

Trump eases red tape on bare-bones health insurance. What this means for you

With millions of people projected to lose health insurance over the next decade, President Donald Trump's administration appears ready to ease access to a potentially cheaper form of coverage. The ... Read More

Navigating Health Insurance After Job Loss: Is Short-Term Coverage Right For You?

With a background in journalism and counseling, Penny Min blends analytical research with real-world insight to help readers make informed financial decisions. At Forbes Marketplace, she specializes ... Read More

How market forces and federal policy will shape 2026 health plan premiums

Public policy as well as market forces shape the individual and small-group health insurance marketplace and drive the cost of premiums. Cori Uccello, senior health fellow with the American Academy of ... Read More

To Understand Next Week’s 2024 Census Data, Keep the Bigger Story About Government’s Impact on Poverty, Health Coverage in Mind

On Tuesday, September 9, the Census Bureau will release data on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage for 2024. In the short term, the data may reveal some modest advances in income (which ... Read More