Medical care should be taxed as a means of increasing the money put into the “chronically underfunded public health system” in the U.S., a new report recommends.

Employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) eroded “significantly” in the last decade, although federal health reform is expected to reverse the decline for small employers, two studies say.

America’s middle class suffered big losses in health insurance coverage between 2000 and 2008, with coverage to 3 million people in the group disappearing, a new report indicates.

Insurers are embracing the individual market, spurred by reductions in the number of people covered by employer-sponsored coverage and the likelihood that many people receiving government assistance with their coverage are in the individual market.

A new poll shows that consumer confidence in their health insurance dropped in the month of July, led by seniors concerned about the future of health care.

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Virginia is one of eight states to receive $1 million in funding and support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help cover more of the state’s uninsured children.

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