Axios reports that its latest poll finds that Americans want affordable health care. They say they will vote for candidates who advocate for policies that will lower their health care costs...
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Republicans in Indiana resort to hospital price controls to rein...
Republican lawmakers in Indiana are setting government price controls on hospitals so that employers can afford health care costs. Under Indiana state law, the five biggest nonprofit hospitals are...
How to close the Social Security shortfall?
The Social Security Trustees 2026 Report projects a Social Security shortfall beginning in 2034. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) wants to raise taxes on the wealthy in order to close the Social...
Limiting the tax exclusion for employer health insurance hurts...
Policymakers are considering an array of options for making health care affordable. The question is what’s the end-game? Lower costs and easy access to care or obstacles to care that lead to...
Trump’s solution to unaffordable health care: Americans...
Reed Abelson reports for The New York Times on a Trump administration regulation that would have enrollees with unaffordable medical bills borrow money from their insurers. Of course, they would need...
Health insurance spending projected to rise 9 percent in 2027...
A new report from PwC finds that health care spending will rise nine percent in 2027 at the same time that nearly half of Americans struggle to pay costs now. Insurers blame artificial intelligence...
Aetna, UnitedHealthcare and Humana routinely deny Medicare...
Signing up for an Aetna, UnitedHealthcare or Humana Medicare Advantage plan will always be a gamble. These health plans can save you money if you don’t need care, but if you need a hip...
Several states now offer medical aid in dying
More than 100 million Americans can now receive medical aid in dying (MAID) if they are terminally ill. Rather than continue to suffer, they can end their lives; they are entitled to fill a...
Millions of Americans are losing health care coverage
Millions of Americans who had had government help paying for their health care coverage are losing it as a result of President Trump’s and Congressional Republicans’ decision to end much of that...
Adults in the commercial health insurance market report high...
The latest Commonwealth Fund research finds that 20 percent of adult Americans under 65 report that, in the last year, a health insurer denied them or their family members coverage for care...