Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

Rebecca Lake is a certified educator in personal finance (CEPF) and a banking expert. She's been writing about personal finance since 2014, and her work has appeared in numerous publications online.

Group health insurance is the coverage many people get through their jobs. Some associations like the Writers Guild of America also offer it to members. Group health plans are usually much cheaper ...

Kaiser Permanente is the largest private nonprofit health care company in the country, and it offers affordable, quality health care. Its bronze plans on the ACA Marketplace have the cheapest average ...

Short-term insurance plans are typically cheaper than ACA coverage, costing about half as much as a plan sold on state-run marketplaces created by Obamacare. As The Washington Post notes, a ...

Your health insurance premium will depend on factors like the size of your deductible, how narrow your network is and whether you get insurance on the job or buy a plan on your own. On average, a ...

Open enrollment — the annual window when employees can adjust their benefits — may deliver sticker shock this year. Workers are likely to pay between 6% to 7% more for their 2026 employer-sponsored ...

Health insurance in the U.S. can be confusing. Many people don't have access to good coverage they can afford, and millions of people don't have any health insurance at all. There are plenty of big ...

While UnitedHealth Care dominated health news headlines during 2025, excess mortality was the biggest health story of the year.

LANCASTER, S.C. — Twenty-five years ago, two ambitious women took a leap of faith and embarked on a new chapter by founding the Alpine Agency in Lancaster. On Sept. 15, 1999 — the same day Hurricane ...