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Health insurance
Why Affordable Care Act coverage has record enrollment
Jan 15, 2024
Plans are cheaper because of pandemic-era subsidies, and millions who lost Medicaid coverage have found their way to ACA marketplaces.
All kinds of products and services are eyeing the money you have left in your FSA
Dec 26, 2023
Instead of losing it at the end of the year, with a letter of medical necessity — which a new service will help you get — you can spend it on nonalcoholic beverages, gym memberships, even meal kit delivery.
Hundreds of thousands of younger veterans go uninsured, new report finds
Nov 10, 2023
The Urban Institute has released a new report saying that roughly 400,000 veterans under 65 go without coverage. But expanded Medicaid could help.
Higher subsidies drive record ACA enrollment
Nov 9, 2023
The government has extended pandemic-era subsidies for the Affordable Care Act marketplace until 2025 — and even higher-income families are eligible.
How smaller companies are dealing with rising insurance costs for their workers
Oct 18, 2023
Annual family premiums for employer coverage went up an average of 7% this year, according to a survey out today from KFF.
These startup health insurers tried to disrupt the market. Now, their customers are scrambling
Sep 15, 2023
Bright HealthCare and Friday Health Plans were part of a new class of health insurance startups, but both have imploded in recent months.
As Americans catch up on care they skipped during COVID, health insurance could get pricier
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Lily Jamali
Jun 15, 2023
Patient numbers have bounced back to prepandemic levels.
For public good, not for profit.
Millions may soon lose Medicaid coverage
May 24, 2023
During the COVID public health emergency, states couldn’t kick anyone off Medicaid. Now, that continuous enrollment is coming to an end.
How employer-sponsored health insurance can widen economic inequality
Apr 24, 2023
Marketplace's senior economics contributor breaks down the impact of employer-sponsored health insurance on college educated and non-college educated workers.
Moderna will charge around $130 for its COVID vaccine — and Congress isn't too happy
Mar 22, 2023
But the pharma company promised that individuals won't pay the full amount.