Stymied in his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Trump is poised to issue an order that could ease some federal rules governing health insurance and make it easier for people to band together and buy coverage on their own, administration officials said Saturday.

Without Federal Government payments, insurers say premiums will be far higher, and companies may pull out of exchanges.

Centene, one of the largest health insurers offering coverage under the Affordable Care Act, continues to defy the Republican talking point that the individual market is collapsing. One of the rare insurers that increased its bet on the marketplaces as many of its competitors exited, the company reported higher quarterly profits on Tuesday.

Would Ted Cruz’s ‘Consumer Freedom Option’ lead to an insurance death spiral?

Anthem Inc., the stalwart that has stuck with Obamacare longer than most other large health insurers, is shrinking its participation in the program and pulling out of two more states’ marketplaces.

The more market-oriented your approach, the more it’s going to cost.

Now that the zombie American Health Care Act seems to be six feet under again — for the time being — we can get back to policy discussions about the real effects of health reform.

We in PNHP often give the impression that the principal problem with America’s health care system is the extraordinary waste associated with its multi-payer private insurance system. We cite the 15 percent administrative waste that we calculate is due to that insurance system, including not only the marketing and utilization-control costs and the profits reaped by the insu

The U.S. medical system is absurdly expensive. You knew that already. But you probably didn't realize just how absurdly expensive it is compared to other countries.

Finding a way to make health insurance affordable for everyone is laudable goal. Those without health insurance face severe hardship and insurance is excessively expensive for us all.