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A middle-class family’s only option: A $43,000 health insurance premium
43+ min ago JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. " Like millions of other Americans, Stacy Newton turns to Healthcare.gov to shop for health insurance for her family. The Affordable Care Act website, according to the government, is where consumers are supposed to find "a menu…...
How to Reduce Surging Health Care Costs
3+ hour, 31+ min ago Re "How Can We Afford $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance?," by Zack Cooper (Opinion guest essay, Dec. 13): In his essay on rising health care spending and the escalating costs of health insurance, Dr. Cooper should have added to his list…...
Nobel Prize winner warns GOP health plan will hike costs, force millions off insurance
1+ day, 20+ hour ago Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman warns that the GOP's proposed health care plan would make insurance far less affordable for most Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman warns that the GOP's proposed health care plan would make insurance far less affordable for most…...
Trump Announces Pricing Deals With Nine Drugmakers
1+ day, 22+ hour ago President Trump on Friday announced deals with nine pharmaceutical companies to reduce some drug prices, the latest step in his bid to try to align U.S. costs with the lower drug prices in European countries. Mr. Trump has now reached deals…...
Worried about health insurance costs? There may be cheaper options — but with trade-offs
1+ day, 23+ hour ago For the millions of Americans who buy Affordable Care Act insurance, there's still time left to enroll for 2026. But premium increases and the expiration of enhanced tax subsidies have led to larger-than-expected costs. Concerned shoppers, wondering whether there's anything they…...
Drug companies line up to make deals with Trump after initial hesitation
2+ day, 5+ min ago When President Donald Trump declared in May that he wanted drug companies to voluntarily cut their prices, few pharmaceutical executives wanted to go first. Now, no one wants to be last " and risk the wrath of the president. The companies…...
How brokers gamed the ACA marketplace, roiling subsidy debate in Congress
2+ day, 5+ hour ago The Florida insurance brokers offered an enticing deal to unemployed and homeless people: Enroll in a Healthcare.gov health plan they weren't eligible for in exchange for gift cards, food, alcohol or cash. They coached them to lie about their…...
Millions of Americans May Soon Face Huge Costs
2+ day, 16+ hour ago If insurance premiums rise, they will do so on Trump's watch. Although it's too early to know how that will affect next year's midterms, come January, the affordability crisis could get even worse'and the GOP will have to confront its…...
Millionaires are rethinking where they move — soaring private healthcare costs are redrawing the global map
3+ day, 2+ hour ago A surge in global wealth migration seems to be colliding with an overlooked but increasingly decisive factor: the soaring cost of private healthcare. Henley & Partners, an investment migration firm, said its client data and new cost comparisons from a global…...
How the end of extra Affordable Care Act subsidies could affect you
3+ day, 6+ hour ago Extra subsidies that made Affordable Care Act plans more affordable for millions of Americans for the past five years are all but guaranteed to vanish on New Year's Day. In January, most people who buy plans on HealthCare.gov or…...