NPR

These families' health care costs will balloon if Congress doesn't act on the ACA

The government shutdown has ended without resolving a fight over health insurance. Congress failed to extend enhanced tax credits that have helped millions of Americans on Affordable Care Act ...

Dr. Oz gives his prescription for controlling health care costs at Lehigh Valley summit as trans groups protest visit

Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, gave his prescription for controlling ...

Higher health-care costs force financial trade-offs: Investors 'worry about all these moving pieces,' top advisor says

Rising health insurance premiums and expenses on top of already higher costs for everyday items are forcing people to make ...

Bipartisan House Group Proposes Long-Shot Health Care Plan

Republicans and Democrats released a two-year plan to scale back and extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, but it ...
KCUR

For seniors on Medicare Advantage, lower costs can mean gambling with health care

Medicare Advantage, a private alternative to traditional Medicare, offers extra benefits and low monthly premiums. However, ...

Ramstad: Health care costs drive state spending higher, but fraud opens door to doubt

The room for confusion comes from the fact that the jump in health and human services spending since July amounts to $1.8 ...

Rep. Juan Ciscomani, under pressure, backs longshot health care plan

Arizona, signed onto a bipartisan plan that would temporarily extend a set of expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
WVVA

Medicare-X would expand coverage and cap primary care cost-sharing, sponsors say

Senators Kaine and Bennet reintroduced the Medicare-X Choice Act to create a nationwide public option and extend premium tax ...

D.C. health insurance cuts could cost lives, advocates say

Several thousand people have already lost and are slated to lose their medical insurance due to cost-cutting measures in the ...
WTHI News10

Indiana hospital officials point to new studies showing decreased health care costs

Indiana hospitals are making progress toward lowering health care costs, according to new national rankings and reports.
Crain's Detroit Business

Speaker Hall seeks to regulate hospital pricing in a bid to control rising health care costs

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall wants to regulate hospital prices. Hall, R-Richland Township, called hospital pricing “out ...