Higher prices, less help and a government shutdown all hang over health insurance markets as shoppers start looking for coverage this week. The annual enrollment window for millions of people to pick ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of Marylanders selected cheaper health care plans through the state's Affordable Care Act marketplace due to rising ...

Over the past century, the proportion of health-care services purchased through insurance—as opposed to directly by patients—has surged, thanks to the exemption of employer-sponsored benefits from ...

Researchers at Rice University — Vivian Ho, professor and chair of health economics, and Salpy Kanimian a Ph.D. candidate in economics — took on an interesting topic: why healthcare insurance premiums ...

The author argues that market distortions incentivize insurers to increase costs, not control them. Employer-based health insurance stifles competition and leads to consolidation among pharmacies and ...

Americans have long lamented the high cost of health insurance, and the situation will soon get worse. Premiums for employer-sponsored insurance will go up by another 9 percent in 2026. Public ...

The cost for health care coverage purchased on HealthCare.gov in Wisconsin will rise for some insurance policies by anywhere from 45% to 800% for 2026, depending on where a person lives, Gov. Tony ...

The number of people enrolling in health care plans through the state’s insurance marketplace may be at a record high, but the quality of coverage is down for thousands of Marylanders, officials told ...