While Congress and President Trump debate how much the government should subsidize certain health insurance premiums, they are missing a far more important question: How can the U.S. rationalize our ...

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) play critical roles in US child health coverage, but children frequently endure uninsured periods, and recent federal health policy changes ...

Consumers who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace will likely face double-digit rate hikes next year. Insurers plan a median premium increase of 15% for 2026 plans, which ...

New polling has found that the majority of voters say health care in the U.S. is unaffordable and are open to a health insurance system that doesn’t tie coverage to employment. Undue Medical Debt, a ...

Dr. Cooper is an associate professor at Yale’s School of Public Health and its Department of Economics. See more of our ...

Jonathan Oberlander reviews “The Transformation of American Health Insurance” by Troyen Brennan, which explores Medicare for All, with a role for private insurers, as a replacement for ...

The U.S. health insurance industry relies heavily on private markets, but these markets are highly concentrated and are growing more so over time. In a new analysis, researchers document concentration ...

ACA marketplace health insurance premiums are projected to rise by a median of 15% in 2026, the largest increase since 2018. Expiration of COVID-era tax credits and rising healthcare costs are major ...