healthcare coverage

When Congress allowed Affordable Care Act tax credits to lapse, healthcare premiums spiked for millions of Americans — especially self-employed farmers and ranchers. That added cost is multiplying the stress on their already stretched balance sheets.

Legal aid group challenged the lawsuits, and Stormont Vail dropped 11 cases, settling $200,000 in debts

Lawmakers and experts pin the blame for rising insurance costs on health companies consolidating and creating less competition.

Increased insurance cost will wipe out 1% raise granted by Legislature, budget director says

A new report shows Texas leading the country in its rate of uninsured children under 6.

A new report found that nearly 10% of median household income in Missouri and Kansas goes toward deductibles and premiums. At that level, economists say those households are underinsured.

The Jan. 3 snapshot, though incomplete, indicates a stabler marketplace and less coverage loss than many experts and insurers feared.

The lawsuit is one piece of Kobach’s broad range of anti-immigration efforts.

Shanice Jordan is one of the four million Texans enrolled in an Affordable Care Act health plan. But subsidies that make plans through the federal health insurance marketplace more affordable are set to expire at the end of the year — meaning Jordan and other Texans will premiums that are more than double what they currently pay.

Many Oklahomans will see health insurance rate hikes unless Congress extends expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits. Rural residents will be hit hardest, according to a researchers from the Oklahoma Policy Institute.