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Uninsured Rate Soars for the Moderately Broke : CDC
By Allison BellThe new numbers also show that insured people need more help with paying out-of-pocket costs.
August 29, 2017
UnitedHealth Shows Its Dealmaking Smarts Once MoreThe healthy insurer is paying $1.3 billion for a data analysis company.
August 29, 2017
New York State Insurers Face New Cybersecurity RegsSome say the new rules mostly duplicate existing requirements.
August 29, 2017
Retiring This Year? Here’s What You’ll Pay for Health CareFidelity's annual cost estimate shows health care costs are up 70% since 2002, though the year-over-year increase is smaller.
August 28, 2017
3 Ways Harvey Is Touching the Life and Health Community NowSome agents are out in rafts in Houston. Some will feel the storm's effects in other ways.
August 25, 2017
ACA Healthy Enrollee Bills Pound Aetna and Kaiser: Mark FarrahThe same risk program that killed the CO-OPs gives some big insurers heartburn.
August 25, 2017
24 Little CO-OPsAnd then there were (almost) none, in an ill-fated Affordable Care Act health plan program.
August 25, 2017
Insurer Aetna Reveals HIV Status in Mailing to 12,000Case shows how difficult handling sensitive health information can be.