Price Increases for Obamacare Depend on Where You Live

Obamacare prices are all over the map.

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Average Family Healthcare Costs Have Tripled Since 2001

The costs of providing health care to an average American family surpassed $25,000 for the first time in 2016 — even as the rate of health cost increases slowed to a record low, a new analysis revealed Tuesday.

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Anthem CEO Says Cigna Deal Moving Forward

Anthem Inc. Chief Executive Joseph R. Swedish acknowledged “dynamic tension” with Cigna Corp. over their $48 billion pending merger, but said the health insurers had resolved differences and are on track to receive regulatory approval.

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Number of Uninsured in U.S. Dropped Below 10% for First Time in 2015

About 9.1% of people in the U.S., or around 28.6 million, were uninsured in 2015 according to federal statistics released Tuesday.

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Nevada Health Exchange May Be Overpaying For Navigator Outreach

A state audit released Tuesday raised questions about whether Nevada's health insurance exchange is using its money wisely, citing outreach organizations that are being paid tens of thousands of dollars but haven't provided proof that they were promoting the exchange for much of that time.

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Ballot Measure Seeks To Protect Use Of Hospital Fees For Low-Income Health Coverage

A joint legislative committee Wednesday will hear pro and con arguments on a ballot measure intended to protect an important source of funding for low-income Californians.

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Proposal to Reduce Medicare Drug Payments Is Widely Criticized

An Obama administration proposal to reduce Medicare payments for many prescription drugs has run into sharp bipartisan criticism, suggesting that it is easier to diagnose the problem of high prices than to solve it.

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CalPERS Taps UnitedHealth To Run Its Prescription Drug Business

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has picked a unit of UnitedHealth Group to run its pharmacy business, hoping the nation’s largest health insurer can help contain the soaring cost of prescription drugs.

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Rushing To Move Excluded Immigrants Into Obamacare – Before Obama Exits

State legislators and advocates are racing to get federal approval in the waning months of the Obama administration for a proposal to allow immigrants living in the U.S. illegally onto the California insurance exchange.

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Why Obamacare’s “Cadillac Tax” is so Contentious

President Obama's signature health care law is called the Affordable Care Act, but just how affordable remains an open question even this long after its enactment.

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