Healthcare costs keep many tied to their jobs. A new decentralized model could expand access to care and improve equity for entrepreneurs, gig workers and employees.

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Jacob McDonald knows he’s lucky to have a good health insurance plan through his employer, a tech company. But when his company started to send out emails recently updating employees about their ...

Economists call it “disintermediation.” Normal people call it “eliminating the middleman.” Whatever term used, there’s widespread concern among brokers that health care reform will push them out of ...

As the government shutdown continues, Democrats are holding the line and demanding an extension of subsidies for people who rely on the Affordable Care Act for their health insurance. And while people ...

Whatcom County residents who buy their own Affordable Care Act health insurance will see costs rise by 66% with the expiration of a tax credit, according to a report from U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell.

MEDICAL insurance is one of those things many people postpone not because they do not care, but because life always seems to offer more urgent priorities. Tuition comes first. Rent comes first.

BLOOM (TAMPA) – Joey Bianco, consultant and insurance broker partner at VIP, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom, to explain why supplemental health ...

Republicans facing voter ire over spiking health premiums are resurrecting one of their favorite ideas: give people power to pay for medical care on their own, with tax-free dollars in individual ...

While there has been an increase in financial independence among women, personal health insurance ownership still lags far ...