Tag: Healthcare Insurance

Health Insurance Costs Crushing Many People Who Don’t Get Federal Subsidies

These increasing costs plus rising deductibles and copayments have driven millions who don’t get a subsidy to drop their coverage or turn to cheaper, less comprehensive — and sometimes inadequate — insurance. Steven Findlay, KHN Like millions of Americans in this final week of open […]

Buying studies, diluting messages: How health care companies use much more than lobbying to protect profits

With Congress set to debate “Medicare-for-all,” Tarbell examines efforts by health insurers to take over past health care reforms. By Michael Corcoran, Tarbell In January, dozens of new Democrats will enter the U.S. House of Representatives with their party in control. While their leadership has resisted […]

Rising Healthcare Premiums, Higher Deductibles and Insurer Profits

Connecting our current healthcare insurance dots in three charts: Insurers are making bigger profits; deductibles are burning a hole in workers’ pockets; and annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance averages nearly $20,000 a year. Insurers in the individual market performed better financially in the […]

Great Recession, Callous Health Insurers Launched This Single-Payer Activist

Meet Sylvia Moore, our newest unsung hero of healthcare reform! This project of HEAL California, highlights the hard work and dedication of individuals who are working – often in the background – to win Medicare-for-All in California and the nation. Sylvia Moore’s awareness of the […]