Vermont will have the highest average monthly premiums for a Silver-tier marketplace plan in 2026, while New Hampshire will have the lowest, according to KFF. The national average is $611. Premiums ...

California patients are suing Blue Shield of California and Magellan Health over alleged inaccurate mental health provider directories, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Nov. 19. The lawsuit ...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., proposed legislation to “stop giving tax dollars to big insurance companies” and instead redirect premium tax credit amounts to people with a Trump Health Freedom Account ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill Nov. 18 requiring insurance companies to extend autism behavioral therapy coverage to include individuals up to 26 years old. Behavioral therapy for autism ...

Eli Lilly plans to launch a direct-to-employer model for its GLP-1 medications in early 2026 in a move aimed at giving companies more flexibility in designing obesity management benefits for their ...

Vermont has the highest average ACA benchmark premium in 2026, while New Hampshire has the lowest, according to KFF. The U.S. average is $625. Premiums were analyzed using the second-lowest cost ...

Trade association America’s Health Insurance Plans published its state-by-state report on health coverage Nov. 12. The organization identified 697,928 health plan employees and 1,301,167 ...

Jenny Smith is the Hawaii Medical Service Association’s new COO and first female president. Her priorities as the organization’s operational lead are not overly fancy, but she does not think that ...

Obesity treatment is entering a transformative era — and few therapies have garnered more attention or raised more questions than GLP-1 receptor agonists. In a featured session at Becker’s Fall 2025 ...

U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., have reintroduced a bill to widen access to lung cancer screenings, according to a Nov. 20 news release ...

Over 90% of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries believe that supplemental benefits can improve health and save money, according to a Nov. 20 Humana Healthcare Research survey. Humana’s research ...

A federal court in Florida has approved a $3.4 million class action settlement resolving claims that Aetna improperly denied coverage for proton beam radiation therapy to treat cancer. The lawsuit was ...