health insurance

Health savings accounts are growing rapidly. They are available to consumers with a high-deductible health insurance plan and have a triple tax advantage.

Equifax, Experian and TransUnion recently announced that starting July 1, they will remove nearly 70% of medical debt from credit reports.

There can be big differences in the cost of assisted living facilities, depending on where the community is located.

There are many resources to which retirees worried about meeting their bills amid inflation can turn. Here are some of them.

The deadline for 2021 contributions to individual retirement accounts and health savings accounts is April 18, 2022 — tax day.

If you’ve discovered that your 2022 plan is not a good fit, be aware that you can make a change during a window that opened Jan. 1 and closes March 31.

At companies that offer a 2.5-month grace period to spend the previous year’s unused funds, the deadline is March 15.

When it comes to remarriage, advisors recommend engaged couples look at their financial pasts, presents and futures before tying the knot again.

If you ignore medical bills, it can evolve into unpaid debt that ends up with a collection agency and on your credit report for up to seven years.

A proposal that would have let Medicare negotiate the price of certain drugs was part of the Build Back Better Act, which died in the Senate late last year.

Over two-thirds of Americans believe they pay too much for the quality of health care they receive, according to a 2021 West Health-Gallup Poll. Almost half of Americans feel even worse about the U.S. health care system as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost one-third of Americans said they avoided seeking treatment within the past three months due to…

Fewer individuals are automatically being enrolled in Medicare at age 65, which can result in costly mistakes when signing up.

Americans’ health care expenses are double that of other wealthy nations, but we don’t use health care more, and we’re not healthier on average. So what exactly are we paying for? NBCLX storyteller Peter Hull breaks down why health care in the U.S. costs so much more than in other countries.

Health-care spending is rising in the U.S. more than anywhere else around the world.

A large study of a Fortune 100 company found that more than 60% of participants chose the wrong health insurance plan for their needs.

Years ago, UnitedHealth acquired Audax Health, a start-up focused on consumer health tools. Audax no longer exists, but it’s part of a bigger idea today.

There are thousands of public and private programs available to seniors struggling and living only off their Social Security.

As pandemic tailwinds fade, CVS’ ambitions to become more of a health-care destination will be front and center.

CVS Health said demand for Covid vaccines and at-home tests lifted overall store sales, helping the company top expectations for fourth-quarter earnings.

About a dozen countries have added an insurance mandate for tourists during the pandemic era, to cover costs related to Covid-19.