Marketplace’s senior economics contributor breaks down the impact of employer-sponsored health insurance on college educated and non-college educated workers.

But the pharma company promised that individuals won’t pay the full amount.

Gig workers are a major reason this year’s open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act individual marketplace is likely to be big.

But ACA coverage is more affordable to many, thanks to extended government subsidies.

Hospitals and doctors will no longer be reimbursed. The White House has asked Congress for $22.5 billion for its ongoing COVID efforts.

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said the department will ramp up legal enforcement: “We need to make sure people are covered.”

The Department of Labor’s parity report finds that mental health care is treated unfairly by insurers.

Health insurance premiums and deductibles now take up more than 10 percent of median income in more than 30 states.

Free premiums and very low co-pays will kick in for people who received at least a week of benefits, regardless of income.

The law requires insurance “parity” for mental and physical care, but it’s often harder to find a therapist than a physician.