Annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 4% to average $21,342 this year, according to the 2020 benchmark KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey. On average, workers this year are contributing $5,588 toward the cost of family coverage, with employers paying the rest.

Southern California-based Vitality Health Plan is in dire financial need, which has caused several area hospitals and surgery centers to terminate their contracts with the insurer, The Mercury News reports.

According to the latest Gallup poll, Americans' willingness get a coronavirus vaccine has dropped to 50% in late September, a dramatic 11-point fall from the previous month.

Fewer Medicare Advantage plans scored high quality ratings for their 2021 plans than the year before, according to the latest federal data.

Though COVID-19 forced California leaders to scale back their ambitious health care agenda, they still managed to enact significant new laws intended to lower consumer health care spending and expand access to health coverage.

To navigate the coronavirus pandemic, companies have had to act quickly and increase their flexibility on just about everything. Day-to-day business functions have been turned upside down by procedures to keep employees safe, leading to a surge in work-from-home (WFH) arrangements.