Santa Cruz Sentinel

Health insurance costs spike for businesses, workers after pandemic

New data shows employer-sponsored health insurance costs in California jumped sharply from 2022 to 2025, rising twice as fast ...
LAist

Worried about health insurance costs? There may be cheaper options — but with trade-offs

For instance, even without congressional intervention, subsidies will not go away entirely. They will be smaller, though, and ...

Private health insurance costs are going up: A complete guide to coverage options

If the enhanced credits currently available to Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace enrollees are allowed to expire for 2026 ...
Marketplace

Looking for cheaper health insurance outside the ACA? Beware.

Options that might seem like alternatives, like fixed indemnities and short-term plans, don’t offer comprehensive medical ...

Sen. Rand Paul: If You Extend Health Insurance Subsidies, Prices Will Just Keep Going Higher

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, Sunday morning on ABC's "This Week," explained why he does not support extending ...

'A horrible idea': Trump officials are pushing this cheaper health insurance plan as a replacement for Obamacare, but it comes with 1 big catch

Short-term insurance plans are typically cheaper than ACA coverage, costing about half as much as a plan sold on state-run marketplaces created by Obamacare. As The Washington Post notes, a ...