How health-care reform affected America, in 51 graphs
Last year, 8.6 percent of Americans lacked health insurance. Three years earlier, that figure was 14.5 percent, meaning that the rate dropped by 5.9 percentage points over the period that the Affordable Care Act...
How to Get Money If You Don’t Have Flood Insurance
If a flood wrecks your house and belongings, and you don’t have flood insurance, what can you do?
That’s the billion-dollar question with Irma headed to Florida and cleanup after Harvey beginning.
Some help from the...
Trump’s Threats Driving Up Obamacare Insurance Prices…
Thousands of customers on Connecticut’s health insurance exchange will pay higher premiums next year in part due to President Donald Trump’s continued threats to suspend key payments to insurers who sell Affordable Care Act...
Sanders introduces universal health care, backed by 15 Democrats
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand Medicare into a universal health insurance program with the backing of at least 15 Democratic senators — a record level of support for an...
Insurance companies are getting creative with disaster response
Artificial intelligence and therapy dogs
See your house before returning to the neighborhood. Cuddle with a therapy dog. Open an insurance claim by text.
These are some of the things you can do with new technology...
How to cope with health care costs in retirement
How much do you figure you'll pay for health care expenses after you retire? You're probably underestimating.
A married couple, both age 65, will fork over an estimated $275,000 over their lifetime on medical costs,...
Hurricane Irma could cool Florida’s hot economy
Hurricane Irma is expected to pose at least a temporary setback to Florida's sizzling economy as it takes aim at the heart of the nation’s citrus production and batters its robust tourism industry.
But if...
Health-Care Industry Asks Senate For Two Years Of Obamacare Subsidies
The health-care industry is asking for a two-year commitment of funds from the U.S. Senate’s health committee as a bipartisan group of legislators begins work Wednesday and Thursday to fix the individual insurance market...
The Ground Has Shifted on U.S. Health Care
Americans are no longer content with a system that leaves some people uninsured. Now Congress should build the system voters want.
Congress's failed effort to undo Obamacare this year revealed an important political shift in...
FEMA warns funds almost depleted as Congress works out agreement
As Congress nears agreement on emergency hurricane spending, the Federal Emergency Management Agency warned lawmakers it is "getting close" to depleting its aid, federal officials said Thursday.
On the heels of Hurricane Harvey striking Texas,...