Parveen Vohra and Ken Warner had an expensive year in 2025. They're in their mid-50s, and they live in Manchester, Conn., with two dogs and three cats. "In 2025, we were paying $630 per month total to cover the two of us for the medical, and it was like another $100 for the dental," Warner explains.
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About 9% said they had to forgo insurance, according to the survey by KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News. He didn't qualify for enough of a tax credit to defray the cost, he said, after Congress gridlocked on an extension of more-generous subsidies put in place under President Joe Biden. "As it happened, the Lord provided and my…
The U.S. health insurance industry relies heavily on private markets, but these markets are highly concentrated and are growing more so over time. “The U.S. health insurance system will work only as well as the health insurance markets that underpin it,” says Martin Gaynor, emeritus professor of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon’ s Heinz College, who…
–Since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of 2025, Americans have undoubtedly been encountering a great deal of confusing information surrounding health care costs and insurance plans. From five-figure deductibles to premiums higher than people's mortgages, costs are rising across the board. With this comes difficult decisions around…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota CEO Dana Erickson has stepped down from the board of directors at Sutter Health over conflict-of-interest concerns, leaving just two days before the California- based nonprofit announced a deal to acquire Minneapolis- based Allina Health. Blue Cross is the largest nonprofit health insurer in Minnesota and pays bills…
The State Health Plan's partnership with Lantern, a Specialty Care platform has affected 406 completed surgical cases since its debut in October. The SHP Board of Directors were presented with a presentation on Lantern at its March 17 quarterly meeting. Treasurer Brad Briner said the Lantern plan involves a network of surgeons and specialists it is…
A bill advancing rapidly in the Iowa House would make a one-time tax increase on some health insurers and draw money from the Taxpayer Relief Fund to address the state's Medicaid shortfall. The bill would also include a $296.2 million transfer from the state's Taxpayer Relief Fund to account for state revenue declines caused by changes made through the…
OKLAHOMA CITY— The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced it has fined and revoked the license of Leslie Clark, a resident insurance producer from Stigler, following an investigation led by its Anti-Fraud Unit. This case began when Farmers Insurance Group filed a complaint on Dec. 5, 2024. Clark entered a check receipt for $6,885.00 into the insurer's…
Most people find it about as interesting as long division, or as Mike Fotis of Smart Money People put it: "The insurance industry is the boring uncle of the financial services family— a little drab and likely to be found in a basement…". This has been the case in Georgia over the past several years, thanks to insurance fraud, lawsuit abuse, natural disasters and…
The following information was released by the Federal Reserve Board:. The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the execution of the enforcement actions listed below:. Former employee of Ally Bank, Sandy, Utah.
Assemblymember Kate Sanchez has introduced AB 1620, legislation to provide relief for California homeowners by allowing a full state income tax deduction for homeowners' insurance premiums on a primary residence. California homeowners are facing rising insurance costs and fewer coverage options. "Homeowners across California are being pushed to the…
Recent wildfires in Nebraska have left many cattle operations facing urgent management decisions. Once humans are safe, producers should focus on three priorities: stabilizing livestock through health checks and access to clean water and feed, documenting losses and engaging with insurers and/or assistance programs and developing a grazing recovery…
Murray Giles Hulse died peacefully in Charlottesville on February 1, 2026, with family singing to him at his bedside. Murray was born in Elizabeth, NJ, to Stewart Harding Hulse and Katharine Jones Hulse on November 12, 1934. Soon after college graduation he began a career with Aetna Life Insurance Company that took him to Michigan, where he and his former wife…
While transparency for consumers is a shared goal, this legislation risks creating unintended consequences that could increase compliance costs, add complexity, and ultimately raise prices for Illinois consumers. Illinois currently benefits from a healthy, competitive insurance marketplace that offers consumers choice, innovation, and financial…
The ACA significantly increased health coverage access among people who immigrated to the United States. In 2013, 36 percent of immigrants below the age of 65 were uninsured and by 2024, 21 percent were uninsured, according to CBPP analysis of American Community Survey data. Approximately 900,000 people will become uninsured by 2034 due to the megabill…
The following information was released by Rainforest Action Network:. Rainforest Action Network responds to DFC's announcement of Chubb as lead partner for the $20 billion Maritime Reinsurance Plan. The Trump administration is using $20 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to backstop oil and gas tankers navigating a war zone and Chubb, the world's largest…
The letter, sent to Senate colleagues and signed by Senators Ron Wyden, Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Tammy Baldwin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Elissa Slotkin, Elizabeth Warren, Tina Smith, and Peter Welch, outlines plans to reverse Republicans' health care cuts and lower costs for patients, make health insurance simpler, and end…
Juliana Stratton, Illinois' Democratic nominee for U.S.. So does progressive Graham Platner, who is running for Senate in Maine. Abdul El-Sayed, another Senate hopeful, touts the same policy in Michigan.
2026 MAR 20– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily– Medical debt is associated with deferred dental care, medical care, and mental health care, even among people with health insurance, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This study was published in the Journal of General…
