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It might be small solace to New Yorkers shopping for ObamaCare policies, but the average premium increase in 2021 for individuals within the Empire State is 16.6 %, in contrast to 25 % in 39 other states. The premium hikes - approved within the summer - ranged from as little...

Americans are spending more of their paychecks on medical health insurance because stagnant wages aren't keeping up with spiraling medical costs, according to a new study. A report being issued Wednesday through the Commonwealth Fund, a nonpartisan research foundation, discovered that premiums and deductibles grabbed 6.5 percent of workers' paychecks...

Dear John: Please help my hubby. I'm writing on his behalf. He purchased a secondary insurance policy from United Healthcare, through AARP, because we are getting swamped with bills. He'd nine stents place in his heart. Then he developed Parkinson's Disease. He's also had foot trouble for quite a while....

News out of Washington now made many Americans cry, "Ouch!" Of course, we are talking about President Obama's signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, which is inside a full-on death spiral. Just weeks prior to the election, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced the premium increases for...

This election is a referendum around the Affordable Care Act. Almost everyone in America is affected. Unlike what ObamaCare's defenders claim, the law's hurting millions more and more people than it's helping. Hillary Clinton defends it and wishes to "build on it." Donald Trump is promising to "repeal and replace...

WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans are intending a vote to repeal ObamaCare soon after Mr . trump is sworn in on Jan. 20 with a "date certain" replacement that will start working later. Instead of an immediate closing of healthcare exchanges, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that Republicans want...

The New York State Health Department "mis-allocated” nearly $150 million in federal funds to setup and operate its Obamacare exchange, according to an audit released Tuesday. The audit by the inspector general from the federal Health & Human Services agency said New York's funding requests included a "material defect" that...

Five years back, while Paul Cernuto was mountain biking on the Friday afternoon, he suddenly developed a severe headache. "It was excruciating - I could not even pedal towards the car,'' says Cernuto, who lives in Martinsville, NJ, and owns a landscaping company. Cernuto, then 44, dialed his internist, Bruce...

It's about time your burrito delivery guy got a bit of health insurance investment. Homer Logistics - a third-party delivery service for Manhattan eateries like Dos Toros, Chop't and Pinkberry - said Tuesday it will offer medical care coverage and stock options in excess of 300 bike couriers. On the...

TRENTON, N.J. - Imagine not being able to afford certainly one of life’s great pleasures - sex. That’s true for a lot of older couples, doctors say. Soaring prices for prescription medicines for impotence along with other problems have put the remedies unrealistic for some. Without insurance policy, Viagra and...