health insurance premiums

About 25% of people are now underinsured, meaning they have coverage but can’t afford to use it.

“Businesses say they would have raised wages by roughly an additional percentage point” had it not been for rising health insurance costs, said senior economics contributor Chris Farrell.

In a report from the health policy nonprofit KFF, more than half of respondents also said they are cutting back on household expenses in order to afford their higher insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act.

Beth Scott at the Patient Advocate Foundation said their services are more in-demand than ever, but resources are increasingly scarce.

One of the big reasons that premiums are going up is that younger, healthier people may drop coverage if it’s too pricey.

Insurers are looking to raise premiums, and the enhanced federal subsidies that have made buying coverage more affordable are set to expire.

Inflation has hit the medical industry hard.

The cost of uncertainty: President Donald Trump's threat to Obamacare subsidies drives up premiums.