health insurance

Some corporations are starting to penalize employees who smoke or are obese by raising their health insurance costs.

A small-business group opposed to the health care overhaul is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entire law, not just the core requirement to buy health insurance or pay a penalty.

The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance surged this year, snapping a trend toward moderate growth, but experts say these increases may slow again in 2012.

With the cost of health insurance rising, there are increasingly fewer options for people who are either unemployed or don’t get coverage from an employer.

(Commonwealth Fund) Nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of people who lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs over the last 2 years said that they skipped needed health care or did not fill prescriptions because of cost, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.

The same proportion is also struggling with medical bills or medical debt, compared to about half (49 percent) who lost jobs but not their health insurance.

A federal appeals court panel on Friday struck down the requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul package that virtually all Americans must carry health insurance or face penalties.

(Commonwealth Fund) An estimated nine million working-age adults -- 57 percent of people who had health insurance through a job that was lost -- became uninsured in the last two years, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2010 Biennial Health Insurance Survey, released today.

The survey paints a bleak picture for the 43 million adults under age 65 who reported that they or their spouse lost a job in the past two years

A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that argued people cannot be required to buy health insurance.

(Commonwealth Fund) Young adults are one of the largest groups of Americans without health insurance, with nearly 15 million people aged 19-29 uninsured in 2009 -- an increase of more than 1 million over 2008, according to a Commonwealth Fund report released today.

The Affordable Care Act is poised to make a significant difference for this population, as up to 12.1 million could gain subsidized insurance once all of the law's provisions go into effect in 2014.

Millennium Administrators, Inc. named new third party administrator for health insurance for the City of Washington, PA.