Health Insurance

The average Oregonian who buys health insurance on the individual marketplace will see costs increase 6.2% in 2024 after state regulators approved final rates.

California still offers generous subsidies, but the rate hike signals that runaway health care costs are back after five years of low premium increases.

State regulators want to hear from Oregonians about insurance companies’ plans to increase costs in 2024.

The new program would provide more poor adult Oregonians with stable, publicly funded healthcare, but it comes at the cost of some middle-class families paying more for private health insurance each month.

If you are enrolled in Medi-Cal, as more than one-third of Californians are, make sure your county knows how to reach you, or you could lose your health coverage unnecessarily.

While many Californians who earn too much to be eligible for Medi-Cal can get subsidized coverage through Covered California, an estimated 460,000 residents aren’t allowed to buy insurance through state-run insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act because they lack legal status.

Mandatory medical insurance and health service fees are common at colleges as a condition of enrollment. For parents, these big payments might come as a surprise, making a barely affordable education feel even less so.

Freezing health insurance benefits is a common tactic in a labor dispute because without them, workers might be more easily persuaded to concede to management’s demands. But California lawmakers are giving an edge to strikers.

Health care costs are just another budget item that’s going up for Californians. Premiums for those insured through the state-run health insurance marketplace are expected to go up by 6% next year..

Rates in the state’s health insurance marketplace will increase an average of 6% next year. The agency also warned premiums may double for some enrollees if Congress does not renew federal aid.

For years, consumer advocates and some legislators have been battling to rein in escalating health care costs. Now the state has created a new agency to limit future growth in health care costs — and it will have the power to enforce that mandate.

A commission created by the Oregon Legislature has a September deadline to propose a plan for people at risk of losing Medicaid coverage.