When people talk about their retirement "magic number," they're typically talking about a target level of savings. That magic ...

Members in large employer health plans saw their payments for deductibles and coinsurance increase faster than the total cost for covered benefits between 2006 and 2016. A new Peterson-Kaiser Health ...

Medicare plans offer help with healthcare costs, but they do not pay for everything. Aside from the monthly premiums, uncovered costs include deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. These expenses ...

Medigap plans cost 30–200+ monthly due to coverage level (Plan G > Plan A), age-based pricing (Attained Age), and ...

The Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”) requires drug manufacturers to pay rebates to Medicare when the prices of their Part B and Part D prescription drug increase faster than the rate of inflation.

Van Carlson is the Founder and CEO at SRA 831(b) Admin and has an extensive background in risk management. Learn more at 831b.com. Facing recent losses, U.S. insurers have been forced to sharpen their ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. family and individual health plan consumers pay, on average, 20 percent of the cost of relatively expensive services, a private industry survey found. Kev ...

Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), a life and health reinsurance company, has announced a coinsurance transaction with the American National Insurance Company. The deal saw RGA reinsuring a ...

On Thursday, Citigroup Inc. C announced that its subsidiary – Prime Reinsurance Company, Inc. (“Prime Re”) has been replaced as Primerica Life Insurance Company’s reinsurer by a subsidiary of Swiss Re ...

Financial barriers to colorectal cancer screening persist despite the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Medicare beneficiaries may face 20 percent coinsurance for a screening colonoscopy when the procedure ...

Medicare beneficiaries may get dinged with higher prescription drug bills this year because more than half of covered drugs in standalone plans require them to pay a percentage of the cost rather than ...

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...