This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

A CT scan machine in a hospital. One-third of Rhode Islanders are now facing the steepest annual health insurance premium hikes in more than a decade. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury) ...

The American Medical Association released its latest analysis of competition in health insurance markets in all states and Washington, D.C. The analysis — which the AMA cited in its opposition to ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) released its latest look at concentration in health insurance, with UnitedHealth, Elevance Health and Aetna leading the way in market share. UnitedHealth Group ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Open enrollment is happening. It’s the annual period during which ...

Every year tens of millions of Americans dig deep into their pocketbooks to pay for health insurance plans that will cover both preventive and necessary care for individuals and families. The premiums ...

Faced with surging hospital costs and mounting pressure on household budgets, Oregon officials are mulling a hard cap on commercial insurance payments to hospitals in hopes of controlling costs. The ...