At least eight states are considering legislation to curtail wage garnishment over unpaid medical bills, as health care costs rise and more people become underinsured.

More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the ...

More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada's new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower prices to the health insurance market.

Nevada recently became the third state to offer one of the plans on the ACA marketplaces. They're intended to be a cheaper ...

This story is part of a Seattle Times focus on the affordability crisis in the Northwest. We explore the high cost of living and wealth disparities that shape our region; examine policies that impact ...

Many Clark County residents lost federal tax credits that lower premiums for health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, according to preliminary data from the Washington Health Benefit ...

If you raise the price of something a whole lot, economics tell us that a lot of people will buy less of it or not buy at all ...

Experts say Affordable Care Act sign-up data won't be clear until people who were enrolled have paid — or not — their new, often much higher, premiums.

About 19,000 fewer Washingtonians enrolled in health insurance through the state’s online marketplace amid the loss of federal subsidies.

For supplemental long-term care insurance, insurers must allow either a 3% option or an option linked to the consumer price ...

The decline didn’t appear to be as precipitous as feared. State officials had predicted 80,000 people would forgo coverage if Congress didn’t extend the enhanced premium tax credits for those ...

BREMERTON – Not long after Rebecca Nystrom relocated from Arizona to start a graduate program at the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, her husband became seriously ill. Alongside her daughter ...