Industry Updates
This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.
Thousands of middle-income Nevada residents are likely to lose subsidies easing the cost of health insurance purchased through public marketplaces despite steps from both parties to address the issue. Even with the lengthy back-and-forth over whether to extend the subsidies, Washington, D.C., observers say they’re expecting them to expire by the end of the year, just as ...
UPDATED: 7:45 p.m. on Dec. 17 The House of Representatives passed a Republican-led package that seeks to address the affordability of healthcare without an extension of the soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies. The 216-211 vote averted a last-ditch effort from Democrats and several moderate Republicans to force a vote on a subsidy extension. All Democrats ...
Employer-sponsored insurance may be getting costlier, but it still delivers a positive return for firms that cover their workers, according to a new Avalere Health analysis commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and provided first to Axios. Why it matters: Workplace insurance is the backbone of the American health care system, covering around half of ...
For the millions of Americans who buy Affordable Care Act insurance, there’s still time left to enroll for 2026. But premium increases and the expiration of enhanced tax subsidies have led to larger-than-expected costs. Concerned shoppers, wondering if there’s anything they can do, are consulting insurance brokers or talking to representatives at ACA marketplace call ...
Four House Republicans who are worried about the Affordable Care Act health insurance “subsidy cliff” are trying to help House Democrats force a vote by the full House on a subsidy extension bill. The Republicans today signed a discharge petition that calls for the House to bring a subsidy extension resolution up for a vote ...
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued new guidance on expanding Health Savings Account (HSA) eligibility, delivering a tax-free means for millions more Americans to save and pay for health care costs. Why It Matters The update, prompted by the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB), marks a major shift for consumers who rely on high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), ...
A bipartisan group of senators is making a renewed push toward finding a health care solution as the hour-glass winds down to the end-of-month deadline to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Roughly 20 senators met Monday night at the invitation of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), with lawmakers using a proposal from her and Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) — ...
The House is teeing up a series of health care votes this week as Democrats face a choice on their willingness to back anything but a straight extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. Why it matters: The question is whether Democrats will ally with a handful of vulnerable Republicans and force a vote on a compromise subsidy ...
As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering the often unaffordable cost of health care. California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and five other states have set caps on health care spending in a bid to rein ...
House Republicans are set to vote this week on their version of a health care bill as the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies looms ever closer. The legislation does not address that key premium assistance, though lawmakers may consider an amendment to the bill that would extend the enhanced subsidies. The details of such an amendment are ...