1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (460+ words) U.S. employer healthcare costs are expected to surge again next year – but why is this the case? A recent report from benefits consultant Aon projects that employer healthcare costs in the U.S. are set to climb 9.5% in 2027, pushing average costs above…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (384+ words) by Ray Cardello at CDN - I realize that medical insurance coverage is not only a hot-button topic for most people, but medical insurance premiums are now one of the biggest entries on the family budget....

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (755+ words) Many California employers are likely to grapple with surging healthcare premiums in 2027, according to experts. In November 2024, California voters greenlit Prop 35, which made the Managed Care Organization (MCO) tax permanent, “subject to continued federal approval, and dedicating the resulting revenues…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (299+ words) Obamacare health insurance premiums are set to increase by double digits again in 2027, according to estimates from KFF released Wednesday. Among 77 health insurers participating in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces from the 16 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. with filings that are…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (281+ words) The vast majority of Americans are worried about insurance costs surging in 2026, according to an Axios-Ipsos poll released Monday. The latest survey shows that 72% of respondents feel either very or somewhat concerned about their insurance costs potentially increasing this year....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (310+ words) The majority of American companies expect to charge more for employee health insurance plans in 2027, according to a new survey. Two-thirds of large U.S. businesses said they plan to raise monthly premiums for employee health coverage through paycheck deductions in 2027, Bloomberg…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (290+ words) Widespread fraud across Affordable Care Act exchanges is projected to cost American taxpayers billions in 2026, according to a Paragon Health Institute report released Tuesday. The newly released study alleges that approximately 6.2 million or nearly 27% of all ACA exchange sign-ups were…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (785+ words) President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel have done something no Washington consensus would have predicted five years ago: they put American economic security back on the agenda and kept it there. That matters. The conversation around trade has fundamentally shifted,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (677+ words) For years, Washington treated critical minerals as a paperwork problem. If only permits moved faster, investors would flock, and supply chains would hum. That tidy theory has finally—and irretrievably—crashed into reality. As Vice President JD Vance argued at…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (566+ words) by Russell Gloor at CDN - Dear Rusty: My girlfriend is 65 and she just enrolled in Medicare. She is still working full time as a nurse, but they are still deducting Medicare taxes from her paycheck. I thought as soon as…...