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Monthly health-insurance bills are rocketing higher for middle-income earners who rely on Obamacare.
Millions of Americans got a nasty reminder this month of just how costly health care coverage is.
Michael Ha, Baird, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk health insurance stocks remaining under pressure following the latest Medicare rate announcement from the White House.
The CEOs of five major health insurers are set to face a grilling from members of Congress on Thursday as House Republicans seek to place blame for rising health care costs.
Nearly 23 million Americans get health insurance through one of the online “exchanges” (also called “marketplaces”) that operate under the 2010 Affordable Care Act, or ACA. Most receive subsidies from the federal government to lower their premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
Fewer Americans are signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year. New federal data shows a 3.5% drop in enrollment, with around 800,000 fewer people selecting plans compared to last year.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed health insurance CEOs on premium hikes, prior authorization rules and claim denials in back-to-back House committee hearings Thursday, zeroing in on how the insurers’ decisions are affecting patients right now.
Members of Congress, including Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern, challenged the nation's top healthcare executives to bring costs down.
Connecticut now has 81 mandated health insurance benefits, up from 46 a decade ago, driving premium costs higher as lawmakers debate whether to require cost-benefit analyses before approving new requirements.
For thousands of Wisconsinites, health insurance has become too expensive to keep, leaving them without coverage.