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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

Why is U.S. health insurance so expensive?

Sure, insurance companies are part of the reason your premium went up this year -- but so are hospitals and doctors. Read More

Map Shows How Much Health Insurance Premiums Will Go Up in Each State

The ACA marketplace offers health insurance to millions of Americans, but expanded subsidies will soon expire. Read More

The Health Insurance Cost Crisis Is Now Upon Us

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stands near a sign with examples of rising health insurance premiums during a press conference on Capitol Hill on the 22nd day of a government shutdown, ... Read More

Family health insurance premiums hit another record: $26,993

The price tag of health insurance from employers keeps getting bigger across the U.S., and the increases this year are fueling concerns over medical spending across all health insurance markets. The ... Read More

State raises health insurance rates

The Illinois Department of Insurance finalized rates for 2026 health insurance premiums this month, exercising a new right to modify premium adjustments proposed by companies issuing small group or ... Read More

Health insurance premiums just keep going up, worsening affordability crisis

Many employers’ premiums have risen by 10 percent or more, insurers and brokers say, straining families’ budgets. Read More

Health Insurance Premiums Could Rise More Than 80% Next Year

Americans' health insurance premiums are on track to surge next year, due to the imminent expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

Get Ready for Higher Health Insurance Premiums Next Year

Employers say they are facing the biggest increase in health costs in more than a decade — almost 9 percent on average. Workers’ best option, experts say, is to carefully weigh various plans. By Ann ... Read More

RI health insurance premiums to increase by up to 21% in 2026

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Commercial insurance premiums for nearly 175,000 people in Rhode Island are set to increase next year. The state’s Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) approved ... Read More