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.
Mark Cuban, the founder of Cost Plus Drug Co., remains committed to disrupting the U.S. health care system to make it more affordable for consumers. “Prior to us, there was no transparency whatsoever, and so nobody knew what the price of any medication was,” the entrepreneur and investor said during an appearance on The Daily Show. ...
The US Food and Drug Administration is poised to sign off as soon as this week on updated Covid-19 vaccines targeting more recently circulating strains of the virus, according to two sources familiar with the matter, as the country experiences its largest summer wave in two years. The agency is expected to greenlight updated mRNA vaccines from ...
Premiums for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plans will increase 7% on average across 324 insurers next year. This increase is on par with premium increases for 2024, according to Peterson-KFF's Health System Tracker.
Although more than one-third of Gen Z adults pay for a cellphone protection plan, only 21% have a renters insurance policy. This discrepancy points to a need for better education about risk and why having the right insurance coverage matters.
Leading Republicans are looking toward the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to ensure CMS’ new premium stabilization demonstration program is legal and in the best interest of seniors. In a recent letter written by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-ID, and House Ways and ...
More than half of U.S. states are reporting “very high” levels of COVID activity as the virus continues to spread and increase in many parts of the country, according to the latest wastewater data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 27 states are reporting “very high” levels and 17 states are reporting “high” ...
On May 13, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) published an open letter to Novo Nordisk on the front page of a leading Danish newspaper, urging the hometown company to live up to its altruistic standards by lowering U.S. prices for its blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs. What Sanders didn’t realize was that Denmark, a country ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is creating a voluntary demonstration program to support changes to Medicare Part D under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The agency also finalized bid information for contract year 2025, with a base beneficiary premium increase of $2.08 for people with Part D. The IRA is designed to ...
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are a valuable tool for eligible individuals to save tax-free dollars for health care expenses, with the added benefit of accumulating tax-free interest over time. Introduced in 2003 and available to individuals starting in 2004, HSAs have become an integral part of health care planning and financial savings. While many health ...
Heat Map: Share of Residents Who Are Uninsured, 2022 Texas is home to the country’s largest share of Americans under 65 without health insurance, according to new Census Bureau data, with 18.8% of residents uninsured as of 2022. Why it matters: That’s a big improvement over 2006, when 27.6% of Texans were uninsured — but still nearly ...