Read more health insurance premiums stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12262/health-insurance-premiums.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:30:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71495/industry-report-distorts-health-reform-cost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new report that says the Senate Finance Committee’s reform bill would raise private insurance premiums is riddled with troubling exceptions, writes Jonathan Cohn. The report, commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans, estimates the costs of premiums over time if the bill is implemented, but it doesn’t take into account...http://www.newser.com/story/71495/industry-report-distorts-health-reform-cost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 14:50:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70162/premiums-likely-to-soar-under-obamacare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCurrent health care legislation would require every American to buy health insurance, but would do little or nothing to control the skyrocketing premiums they’d have to pay, the LA Times reports. Versions of the bill try to address the problem indirectly—with a public option in the House bill and...http://www.newser.com/story/70162/premiums-likely-to-soar-under-obamacare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 9:27:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69539/40-of-employers-to-hike-health-plan-costs-next-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany Americans are happy with their employer-sponsored health care plans and eager to keep them, but they won't be keeping them at the current price, the Washington Post reports. In a survey released yesterday, some 40% of employers said they expect to increase the amount their employees paid for health...http://www.newser.com/story/69539/40-of-employers-to-hike-health-plan-costs-next-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 9:07:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67815/health-care-bills-dont-offer-real-choice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth insurance firms are essentially monopolies because employers, not individuals, choose which plans to offer. This freedom from competitive forces has allowed insurance to become flaky and opaque—and the reform currently being debated in Washington would do little about it, writes David Leonhardt for the New York Times . Even...http://www.newser.com/story/67815/health-care-bills-dont-offer-real-choice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 13:22:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54264/insurers-offer-to-stop-charging-sick-people-more.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe push for health care reform got a significant boost today: Big insurers say they are willing to stop charging higher premiums to people with pre-existing medical conditions, the New York Times reports. In the surprise move, industry leaders say they are willing to give up the practice if Congress...http://www.newser.com/story/54264/insurers-offer-to-stop-charging-sick-people-more.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 20:05:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52498/hidden-health-care-crisis-the-underinsured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth-care policy debate in America is usually framed around the 45 million (and rising) uninsured, but rarely do policymakers bring up the additional 25 million facing the “shadow problem” of under-insurance, Time reports. These people pay more than 10% of their income on out-of-pocket medical costs, often on flimsy short-term...http://www.newser.com/story/52498/hidden-health-care-crisis-the-underinsured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 10:41:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51129/uninsured-young-adults-play-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwentysomethings in low-paying jobs with no health coverage are taking up the slack with self-diagnosis and treatment, a potentially dangerous practice that may seem unavoidable. Many say they face a choice between buying insurance and making rent—and they're opting for the latter. "They’re new to the work force, they’ve...http://www.newser.com/story/51129/uninsured-young-adults-play-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 9:19:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48634/tsunami-in-medicaid-need-batters-broke-states.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA surge in demand for Medicaid is draining state coffers just when they can least afford it, a New York Times survey of 40 states reveals. Demand ballooned by up to 10% in many states last year as people lost their employer-sponsored health care with their jobs, and officials believe...http://www.newser.com/story/48634/tsunami-in-medicaid-need-batters-broke-states.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 7:01:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41259/critics-rip-gender-gap-in-health-insurance-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth advocates and some politicians are crying foul over the huge price difference between men's and women's health insurance, the New York Times reports. Healthy young women are regularly charged up to 50% more than their male counterparts, even when maternity care is excluded. The practice is prohibited under job-based...http://www.newser.com/story/41259/critics-rip-gender-gap-in-health-insurance-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Oct 2008 3:04:47 CDT