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Local ACA insurance sees surge in cancellations, continued enrollment decline
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (913+ words) Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. As January comes to an end, most marketplace insurance (Affordable Care Act) enrollees have already paid their new plan's…...
Most Americans Are Happy With Health Insurance, Poll Finds
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (438+ words) 82% of Americans say they're satisfied with their health insurance About 24% of folks reported delays or denied coverage in the past two years Older adults and people on Medicare or Medicaid reported the highest satisfaction TUESDAY, Dec. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) " Most folks…...
Obamacare enrollment deadline approaches, tax credit extension unlikely
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1646+ words) FILE - Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. Connect for Health Colorado is the state's marketplace insurance exchange. The program offers private insurance plans to Coloradans…...
PA farmers face rising health care costs as ACA subsidies expire
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1425+ words) Farming is a profession full of risks. It is physically strenuous and often involves dangerous heavy machinery. Accident reports include farmers falling into grain bins, trapped by farm machinery, shocked by equipment, and more. Farmworkers are also more exposed to…...
Americans value health insurance most when making career moves
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (549+ words) Health insurance is the No. 1 deciding factor in people's next career step, yet most with employer health insurance say it doesn't meet their needs very well. That's according to a recent survey of 2,000 Americans across the country, which investigated their…...
Final Week of Medicare Open Enrollment: What to Know for 2026
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (798+ words) Medicare beneficiaries should prepare for higher costs and fewer choices in 2026. Rising Medicare Part B premiums will affect all members. Meanwhile, some people will also face plan cancellations and shrinking options for prescription drug coverage. What you pay for Medicare…...
Colorado budget writers weigh competing plans on Medicaid as costs soar
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (638+ words) A panel that recommends adjustments to how much Colorado covers Medicaid costs presented a plan to lawmakers on Tuesday that is vastly different, and more expensive, than the one the governor's office wants to see implemented, leaving lawmakers to question…...
U.S. Family Health Insurance Hits $27,000 Per Year as Costs Soar
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (563+ words) This year's 6% private health insurance hike follows two years of 7% jumps This steep rise is driven by high spending on new drugs, chronic disease care and hospital bills The increasing burden forces many employers to push more costs onto their…...
United to pull Medicare Advantage Plans in Mesa and 3 other counties
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1423+ words) With Medicare open enrollment starting in less than a week, beneficiaries will have the opportunity to select a new insurance plan that best fits their needs. Although many enrollees plan to keep their current coverage, some won't have a choice....
Novartis chief eyes ways to end higher US drug prices: media
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (387+ words) Vasant Narasimhan told the Swiss daily Neue Zurcher Zeitung (NZZ) that his company was "working to eliminate the price gap between the US and other industrialised countries". "We are working with the government and trying to find constructive solutions so…...