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Millions of Americans got a nasty reminder this month of just how costly health care coverage is.
Michael Ha, Baird, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk health insurance stocks remaining under pressure following the latest Medicare rate announcement from the White House.
Monthly health-insurance bills are rocketing higher for middle-income earners who rely on Obamacare.
The CEOs of five major health insurers are set to face a grilling from members of Congress on Thursday as House Republicans seek to place blame for rising health care costs.
While Congress debates bringing back Affordable Care Act subsidies, many Americans have already made life-altering decisions to afford health care.
Nearly 23 million Americans get health insurance through one of the online “exchanges” (also called “marketplaces”) that operate under the 2010 Affordable Care Act, or ACA. Most receive subsidies from the federal government to lower their premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed health insurance CEOs on premium hikes, prior authorization rules and claim denials in back-to-back House committee hearings Thursday, zeroing in on how the insurers’ decisions are affecting patients right now.
Some of the nation’s top health insurance executives sought to deflect blame for the soaring cost of health care in the U.S., arguing that rising hospital and prescription drug prices were driving premiums higher and making health care less affordable for Americans.
Musicians, tattoo artists and other Nashvillians among Tennesseans struggling to afford health insurance premiums as Congress debates extension.
Going into the 2025-26 open enrollment period for people shopping for health insurance through GetCoveredNJ, the outlook was grim. Insurance regulators said the average premium would rise by 16%. And with Congress in December refusing to renew the money needed for tax credits that helped middle-income New Jerseyans dramatically reduce their premiums during the pandemic,