Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. The biggest names in health insurance, including Cigna, CVS Health’s ...

UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser Permanente and other major U.S. health insurers say they want to make it faster and easier for patients to obtain care. Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade association that ...

Healthcare costs keep many tied to their jobs. A new decentralized model could expand access to care and improve equity for entrepreneurs, gig workers and employees.

When Ocean McIntyre started having vision problems at age 34, her health plan took a month to authorize a doctor visit. When pressure in her brain started crushing her optic nerve, she spent three ...

Few people realize how worthwhile appealing a denied health-insurance claim can be. Insurers in the U.S. process more than five billion payment claims annually, federal figures show. About 850 million ...

It’s currently the open enrollment period, when people choose what health insurance they’ll have for the next year. But the process can often be overwhelming. “It's confusing for everybody,” Peter ...

Short-term health insurance, or STLDI, offers a temporary solution for those facing a gap in their health coverage. While it provides immediate relief, its limitations and lack of regulation under the ...

To find the best health insurance companies, we evaluated nine insurers across 35 criteria, including costs, customer ...

With age, one is not aware of the surprises that may happen to their health. That is the reason good health insurance is important. The network of hospitals that a health insurance policy has is one ...