Prior authorization (PA) is a widely used insurance mechanism intended to ensure cost-effective, evidence-based care. However, in practice, it often imposes significant administrative and clinical ...

If incomes don’t keep pace with the increase in health care costs, paying for employer coverage could consume increasingly higher shares of people’s incomes.

Today, surging health costs break budgets of people, businesses and governments alike. And the godfather of the state’s largest health insurance plan feels its stewards have lost their way.

Claire Tomkins understands the emotional, physical, and financial toll of in vitro fertilization. All three of her children were born via IVF, which inspired her to co-found Future Family, a ...

But change is coming to the federal insurance plan, which (along with the state plan CHIP) covers two in five Pennsylvania ...

Humana reported a $796 million fourth quarter loss as the health insurer continued to grapple with high medical costs of its Medicare Advantage health plan members.

Administration officials say that to run programs and services as they are today would require $1.1 billion more in revenue.

Health system margins showed some stability and growth over the course of 2025, yet were constantly dogged by rising expenses ...

Cole County's Health Insurance Fund, one of the most unstable accounts in the county, took a major hit Tuesday morning.

The lowest earners accounted for the most terminations of health insurance purchased through Pennsylvania’s online marketplace, with nearly 1 in 5 enrollees dropping coverage in 2026 as costs ...

Local education union members and public sector unions rallied Monday night at Town Hall to bring awareness to proposed cuts ...