Despite interacting with health insurance and health care regularly, the reasons for higher costs in the U.S. relative to other developed nations are nebulous and the history behind our system is not ...

Medicare open enrollment has officially closed, but Americans on a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan now have the option to switch ...

After two congressional proposals to alleviate the rising costs of Affordable Care Act health insurance plans failed to pass ...

Costs for employer-sponsored health insurance plans outpaced inflation across all states from 2023 to 2024, according to an issue brief.

Both Regence and OHSU say patients won't feel any immediate impacts if the two can't reach a deal by the end of the year.

If you and your partner are in your 60s with $70,000 in savings, you don't have a ton of money to last through your ...

A new deal between Aetna and Providence brings the state’s largest hospital system back into the insurer’s network across ...

A new study published last month in Health Affairs shows how this structure quietly turns regulation into profit. UnitedHealth's insurance arm pays its own Optum doctors 17% more than it pays ...

On the policy front, the White House released an executive order 6 in February 2025 calling for the strengthening of price transparency initiatives in health care. In May 2025, the departments of HHS, ...

Consumers who find themselves out-of-network may be forced to find new health care providers that are in-network.

Tens of thousands of Aetna members in Oregon will have easier, cheaper access to Providence Oregon hospitals and clinics ...