The government shutdown has focused debate on the vast sum ($136 billion in 2025, as projected by the Congressional Budget Office) that the federal government spends to annually subsize continually ...

Discover the latest developments in the ACA exchange regarding non-network plans and their competition with managed care ...

The 2025 Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period has been a difficult one, as Marketplace enrollees are facing significant premium hikes for 2026 coverage. When Marketplace coverage—which has ...

Multi-year coverage potentially improves the value of insurance by making it easier for insurers to pool high- and low-risk ...

Over the past century, the proportion of health-care services purchased through insurance—as opposed to directly by patients—has surged, thanks to the exemption of employer-sponsored benefits from ...

Key Takeaways Group health insurance costs for employers are rising in 2026.Higher health care prices, rising utilization rates, and changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are all contributing to ...

Last year, when the additional subsidies for the purchase of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act were removed, ...

More state farm bureaus are offering cheap health insurance plans, but they don’t comply with Affordable Care Act requirements. Subsidies for the Affordable Care Act are set to expire at the end of ...