This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

Robert Hays, an industrial electronics salesman in Arkansas, thought he’d purchased conventional medical insurance. So did Essie Nath, 67, a retired cafeteria worker in Wyoming. So did Martin Liz, 47, ...

Health insurance can be costly. First, you pay premiums for coverage for medical care and prescription medication. Then you often face out-of-pocket costs when you access care. These expenses may ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael L. Millenson writes about healthcare as a skeptical optimist. To understand why access to affordable health insurance has ...

Republicans succeeded in quashing Democrats’ efforts to reauthorize the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsides — at least so far. Now it’s time for Republicans to put forward their own health care ...

A Democratic proposal to create an affordable health insurance trust fund for Connecticut residents has won the approval of a ...