Millions of Americans got a nasty reminder this month of just how costly health care coverage is.

Monthly health-insurance bills are rocketing higher for middle-income earners who rely on Obamacare.

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.

Several health insurer stocks tumbled Tuesday following a proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that would raise payments to insurers less than expected next year.

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.

Musicians, tattoo artists and other Nashvillians among Tennesseans struggling to afford health insurance premiums as Congress debates extension.

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.

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.

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Amina Niasse WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Top executives from five of the nation’s largest health insurers began testifying on Thursday to lawmakers in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate about the rising costs of Americans’ healthcare and declining affordability.

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.

Amid fears that rising costs would discourage enrollment, Nevada’s new public option plans draw interest from those seeking lower-priced policies.

Many who enrolled in Affordable Care Act health plans are paying steeper premiums this year. That means cutting back in other areas.