Market Insights

Health care bills, student loans, credit card debt... the list of financial challenges faced by the middle class is growing longer.

Our nation isn't prepared for this vast demographic shift and its far-reaching consequences.

More than 60 percent of workers have either no life insurance or less than industry-recommended coverage amounts.

Enrollment increased even for risk-based commercial coverage, but fell for Medigap policies.

Some states are doing a better job of making health care affordable than others, but there's room for improvement all around.

Between 2000 and 2012, the gap between what private insurance and Medicare paid for hospital stays grew from 10 percent to 75 percent.