Employer-Paid

Between Nov. 1 and Jan. 3, 22.8 million people <a href="https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/marketplace-2026-open-enrollment-period-report-national-snapshot-0">signed up</a> for 2026 individual Affordable Care Act Marketplace health insurance coverage, according to the latest update from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS).

“As health care costs have risen, employers have shifted more and more of the burden for health care spending onto their employees through co-pays, deductibles, co-insurance and excluding some forms of care from coverage,” according to a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

An auto worker suspended following a widely publicized dustup with President Donald Trump has drawn significant support, to the tune of more than $800,000 in two separate GoFundMe pages, as of this publication.

One patient says she has trouble getting Accredo to send her a drug that prevents rejection of an organ transplant.

Investigators did find that UnitedHealth's risk assessment people looked hard for signs of health problems not mentioned by patients' own doctors.

To counter potential misinformation, financial services firms need to meet people where they are, Storyful's Tara Naughton says.