A new study that was published in the journal Health Affairs suggested switching the open enrollment period from the later part of the year to the spring, when people may be more willing to purchase...
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Valerie Ortiz
Recent Articles by Valerie Ortiz
Earlier reports showed U.S. health care spending could see its first increase after five dismal years of unproductive spending in the industry. However, the newly revised statistic from the U.S....
PricewaterhouseCooper's Health Research Institute recently reported that it projects total health care spending will increase by 6.8 percent in the U.S. after a five-year stagnant spending period, US...
Despite technical difficulties and confusion over the enrollment process, the first year of the federal health insurance benefits exchange has been determined by the U.S. Department of Health and...
The cost of monthly healthcare premiums recently saw one of its biggest price decreases after a new Department of Health and Human Services report showed that 70 percent of customers who bought in on...
Health insurance jargon can seem like a foreign language to many Americans, and those who bought insurance benefits on the federal and state exchanges are encountering issues navigating what certain...
Michigan's health insurance marketplace, which is part of the federal website HealthCare.gov, will provide residents with more insurance plan diversity during the next open enrollment period, as its...
Illinois is one of the states with its own health insurance benefits exchange, and while it was one of the costliest marketplaces this past year, it may end up being more successful this time around.
The Affordable Care Act hasn't arrived without its fair share of scrutiny, but insurers are calling for a change to President Barack Obama's law that would give financial assistance to those ...
Massachusetts continues to inch toward 100 percent of residents having healthcare coverage, according to the state's latest numbers.
A recent report from the Center for Health Information and...