These increasing costs plus rising deductibles and copayments have driven millions who don’t get a subsidy to drop their coverage or turn to cheaper, less comprehensive — and sometimes inadequate — insurance. Steven Findlay, KHN Like millions of Americans in this final week of open […]
Connecting our current healthcare insurance dots in three charts: Insurers are making bigger profits; deductibles are burning a hole in workers’ pockets; and annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance averages nearly $20,000 a year. Insurers in the individual market performed better financially in the […]
Propping up the health insurance industry and protecting policyholders has been a fragile balancing act that usually results in increasing premium hikes for already struggling families. And it looks like it’s about to get worse. Senate and House Republicans on Monday released their latest plan […]
Denials of claims and increasing premiums are just the latest news California consumers have to look forward to. This is not hyperbole. The California Department of Insurance has opened an investigation into allegations regarding Aetna’s practices of denying claims. The insurance commissioner did this after […]
