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Correction: Health insurance costs spike for businesses, workers after pandemic
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (34+ words) A story published Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, incorrectly reported that Christin Evans will pay $3,250 monthly in 2026 for each worker's health care. She will pay $3,250 monthly for all employees....
Health insurance costs spike for businesses, workers after pandemic
18+ hour, 18+ min ago (605+ words) The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance in California rose at twice the pace of inflation over the past three years, squeezing workers" paychecks and small businesses alike. More than 17 million Californians have health insurance through their job, according to a…...
Opinion: The life-and-death stakes of the debate over Affordable Care Act subsidies
2+ week, 2+ day ago (397+ words) The government shutdown may be over, but Congress still hasn't solved the biggest problem left on its plate: Extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies to avoid a doubling of insurance premiums or replace them with something new altogether. Lawmakers…...
Bay Area Affordable Care Act policyholders brace for price hikes
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (942+ words) Talia Mindich of Berkeley will see the cost of her Affordable Care Act health insurance plan rise by $72 monthly next year. Tessa Spargo of San Francisco will see an even bigger monthly premium hike of $143, but sees no way around…...
An emerging shutdown deal doesn’t extend expiring health subsidies. Here’s what could happen to them
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (801+ words) By ALI SWENSON, Associated Press NEW YORK" " A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health…...
Cigna will end drug rebates in many private health plans
2+ mon, 5+ hour ago (1161+ words) By John Tozzi, Bloomberg News Cigna Group will eliminate prescription drug rebates in many of its commercial health plans in 2027, upending an opaque, controversial practice that's drawn the ire of President Donald Trump. The insurer will expand the rebate-free model…...
Santa Clara County will lose $223 million this year in Medicaid revenues as a result of federal cuts
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (721+ words) Santa Clara County has already started to feel the impacts of President Donald Trump's budget bill " to the tune of $223 million this fiscal year as a result of lost federal revenues from Medicaid. While new work requirements that determine eligibility…...
‘Ghost networks’: How insurance errors endanger California patients
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1705+ words) By Kristen Hwang, CalMatters Mary Kuhn went to the emergency room at John Muir Medical Center because it felt like she was having a heart attack. Her chest and jaw hurt. Her tongue was numb. Instead of confirming a heart…...
Help! I canceled my trip, but my travel insurance won’t pay my claim
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (469+ words) By Christopher Elliott | Travel Troubleshooter Q: I bought travel insurance from Tin Leg for a scheduled REI tour to Utah. When a family tragedy struck and my husband's father passed away, I canceled our entire trip and all related reservations. I…...
Looming health insurance spikes for millions are at the heart of the government shutdown
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (733+ words) By ALI SWENSON and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON" " The U.S. government shut down Wednesday, with Democratic lawmakers insisting that any deal address their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can happen after the government is funded. Democrats…...