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Oz: coming spike in ACA premium payments ‘not the big issue’ 
October 29, 2025·2 min read

Oz: coming spike in ACA premium payments ‘not the big issue’ 

Health Care News – Read More Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz downplayed on Wednesday the likely substantial increase in the amount Americans will pay…

Average out-of-pocket costs for ObamaCare premiums expected to more than double: Report
October 29, 2025·2 min read

Average out-of-pocket costs for ObamaCare premiums expected to more than double: Report

Health Care News – Read More A new analysis published by the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) found that out-of-pocket premium payments will…

Trump administration seeks to study health effects of offshore wind
October 29, 2025·2 min read

Trump administration seeks to study health effects of offshore wind

Health Care News – Read More The Trump administration is apparently seeking to study whether there are any health impacts of offshore wind, an energy source…

FDA to streamline approvals of generic biologic drugs
October 29, 2025·3 min read

FDA to streamline approvals of generic biologic drugs

Health Care News – Read More The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is launching an effort to streamline the approval process for cheaper alternative “biosimilar” versions of biologic drugs as a…

Head of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel: School mandates ‘not necessary’
October 29, 2025·2 min read

Head of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel: School mandates ‘not necessary’

Health Care News – Read More Martin Kulldorff, chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),…

Listening to music associated with lower dementia risk: Study
October 29, 2025·1 min read

Listening to music associated with lower dementia risk: Study

Health Care News – Read More Older adults who engage with music may significantly lower their risk of dementia, according to a new study. Researchers at…

ACA Open Enrollment: Changes Include Higher Premiums, Out-of-Pocket Costs
October 29, 2025·8 min read

ACA Open Enrollment: Changes Include Higher Premiums, Out-of-Pocket Costs

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More Open enrollment for the health insurance market plans runs from November through mid-January. Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez/Getty Images Healthcare experts…

‘Window shopping’ opens for 2026 Affordable Care Act plans
October 29, 2025·2 min read

‘Window shopping’ opens for 2026 Affordable Care Act plans

Health Care News – Read More The rates, pricing and other data for 2026 Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance plans were publicly posted on the federal…

Obesity on decline in US as GLP-1 use skyrockets: Gallup
October 29, 2025·2 min read

Obesity on decline in US as GLP-1 use skyrockets: Gallup

Health Care News – Read More The obesity rate in the U.S. has seen a marked decline over the last three years, as the share of…

Wall Street Journal urges GOP to kill ObamaCare subsidies
October 29, 2025·2 min read

Wall Street Journal urges GOP to kill ObamaCare subsidies

Health Care News – Read More The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal is urging Republicans in Congress to end health care subsidies introduced as…