Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
CBO: GOP Health Bill Would Cut $337B From Deficit, Add 24M to Uninsured
By Allison BellThe number of uninsured Americans would rise 86% over the next 10 years under the bill, the budget office predicts.
March 13, 2017
AARP says GOP plan burdens older, lower-income AmericansAbout 3.2 million people ages 50 to 64 now use Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
March 13, 2017
Cruz pushes ACA repeal gambit that could roil U.S. SenateRyan wants to respect Senate traditions. Some other Republican lawmakers do not.
March 13, 2017
Best health-care plan for Republicans? WaitMegan McArdle says letting the individual market fail will lead to a better policy outcome.
March 13, 2017
El-Erian Says Trump Loses Capital by Tackling Health Care FirstAllianz's chief economic advisor says Trump's focus on health care may reduce the odds of achieving tax reform this summer.
March 13, 2017
5 peeks at the long-term care insurer failure businessRegulators prepare for tending to a new kind of troubled insurer.
March 13, 2017
U.S. Alzheimer's 2017 spending may reach $259 billionThe Alzheimer's Association estimates out-of-pocket spending will total $56 billion.
March 10, 2017
Feds try to ease ACA subsidy program data agonyCMS hopes to cut the average number of cost-sharing reduction file re-sends to four. From eight.