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 ...

As the U.S. labor market remains competitive in 2025, employers are focused on how to differentiate themselves to attract and retain top talent. Considering 90% of commercial health plan members have ...

U.S. commercial health insurance plans provide coverage without restrictions for about 51% of the prescription drugs that they could cover. Medicaid plans provide no-restrictions coverage for 36% of ...

LIMA — Mercy Health has an agreement to keep Cigna commercial health insurance plans in its network, the hospital system announced Wednesday morning. The health network and insurance company entered ...

Alabama has the most concentrated commercial health insurance market in the U.S., according to an analysis from the American Medical Association. For the 2020 study of U.S. health insurance markets, ...

Dominant health insurers in most metropolitan areas across the U.S. have consolidated significant market share and driven away competition, leaving consumers in local markets with a decade of very ...

TROY, Mich.: 28 May 2025 — A new class of health plan leaders is emerging, distinguished by their ability to deliver clear communication, digital convenience and meaningful member support, according ...

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 ...

The cost of childbirth and postpartum health care results in significant, ongoing financial hardship, particularly for lower-income families with commercial insurance. About half of people who give ...