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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Most Americans enrolled in employer-sponsored commercial insurance ...

Emanuel is the vice provost for global initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy university professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Graves is a professor of health policy at ...

Good news is often hard to find in American health care policy. The US has the dubious distinction of being the only rich democratic country with a large uninsured population, while simultaneously ...

The average cost of employer-sponsored health insurance is expected to rise 6.7% next year, with the average total benefit cost topping $18,500 per employee, the global consulting firm Mercer found.

The so-called "big beautiful bill" that President Donald Trump signed on July 4 cut taxes for some households. However, the law didn't extend a tax break that has lowered health insurance premiums for ...

NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

Open enrollment — the annual window when employees can adjust their benefits — may deliver sticker shock this year. Workers are likely to pay between 6% to 7% more for their 2026 employer-sponsored ...

New polling has found that the majority of voters say health care in the U.S. is unaffordable and are open to a health insurance system that doesn’t tie coverage to employment. Undue Medical Debt, a ...

Higher prices, less help and a government shutdown all hang over health insurance markets as shoppers start looking for coverage this week. What is ALS, the disease that killed actor Eric Dane? End of ...