Why worry about buying health insurance when President-elect Donald Trump plans to dump the requirement that most Americans get coverage? For the same reason you should always worry about health insurance: Little health problems can easily turn into big bills without it. “The real risk is something will happen to you, and you won’t be [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. That’s sure to stoke another “Obamacare” controversy days before a presidential election. Before taxpayer-provided subsidies, premiums for a midlevel benchmark plan will increase an [...]
WASHINGTON — Worried that insurers bailing out of the health law’s markets may prompt their customers to drop out, too, the Obama administration plans to steer affected policyholders to remaining insurance companies. But those consumers could get an unwelcome surprise if their new government-recommended plan isn’t what they’re used to. The backstop was outlined in [...]
WASHINGTON — The nation’s progress in getting more people covered by health insurance slowed significantly this year, the government confirmed this week in a report that tempers a historic achievement of the Obama administration. About 1.3 million fewer people were uninsured the first three months of this year, driving the uninsured rate to a record [...]
WASHINGTON — Cleveland, we have a problem. As Republicans gather to anoint their presidential ticket, Donald Trump’s plan for replacing “Obamacare” appears to be anything but solid. A nonpartisan analysis recently found it would make 18 million people uninsured. Uncompromising opposition to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul has been a winning issue for Republicans, [...]
WASHINGTON — The nation’s health care tab this year is expected to surpass $10,000 per person for the first time, the government said. The new peak means the Obama administration will pass the problem of high health care costs on to its successor. The report from number crunchers at the Department of Health and Human [...]