health insurance

Challenges abound for 26-year-olds falling off parental insurance cliff

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News

A new crop of young people are falling off their parents’ insurance plans when they turn 26 — the age when the Affordable Care Act stipulates that children must leave family policies.

Online 'window shopping' for 2018 health law plans underway

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Consumers can start previewing plans and premiums online Wednesday for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act in 2018.

Collins urges Trump to back effort to restore health subsidy

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

A key moderate Republican urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to back a bipartisan Senate effort to shield consumers from rising premiums.

Opposition from GOP senators grows, jeopardizes health bill

By Associated Press

Republican opposition to the GOP health care bill swelled to near-fatal numbers Sunday.

Will Senate bargainers' deal on children's health pass?

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Senate bargainers have reached agreement to extend financing for the children's health insurance program for five years, and approval of the deal would avert an end-of-month cash crunch for the popular initiative.

Five governors press Congress for fast bucks to secure Obamacare market in 2018

By Julie Rovner and Rachel Bluth, Associated Press

State leaders tell senators that federal dollars are needed this fall to keep insurers participating in Obamacare next year and prevent big hikes in premiums.

This bipartisan health care plan could stabilize markets, two governors say

By Associated Press

The recommendation is part of a compromise plan that's designed to be palatable to both parties. It was endorsed by six other governors.

An Obamacare win: No 'bare counties' for health insurance next year

By Casey Ross, STAT

An insurer has stepped up to sell individual health insurance policies to the last county in the U.S. without Obamacare coverage in 2018.

Column: The health insurance tax exemption makes care more affordable, not less

By Joseph White

Public policy professor Joe White replies to Yevgeniy Feyman and Charles Blahous’s argument that the health insurance tax exemption induces people to buy too much health care.