Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover transformation and innovation across the health care industry. Walk into any boardroom of a nonprofit, community-based ...

You know it's bad when insurance companies want more consumer protections.

Health systems’ financial circumstances are in better shape than they were in 2022 and early 2023, but there are still thousands of hospitals across the nation that are losing money. To improve their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. In particular, Venteur sees a growing market of health plans known as ...

The final weeks of the year offer an opportunity for many people to consider their health insurance options for the upcoming year. Open enrollment for plans sold on government-run marketplaces begins ...

Companies running private Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans inaccurately list many mental health professionals as being available to treat the plans' members, a new federal watchdog report says.

In 1946, just seven months into his administration, President Harry Truman proposed a sweeping national health insurance program. In terms of its design and scope, it was remarkably similar to the ...

Sarah Monroe once had a relatively comfortable middle-class life. She and her family lived in a neatly landscaped neighborhood near Cleveland. They had a six-figure income and health insurance through ...

Grocery cards, gas money, golf lessons. Entry fees for social clubs. Hunting licenses or park passes. Cold hard cash. Those are just some of the incentives now being pitched to the elderly as part of ...

Access to transportation is becoming an important social determinant of health, and experts are coming to realize that health plans can benefit significantly from offering coverage to beneficiaries.