U.S. health insurance premiums climb 9% while uninsured rate rises to 11.2%
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Two new federal indicators point to tightening access to American health coverage. Average workplace family health insurance premiums will rise 9% to $7,471 in 2026, while the share of uninsured working-age adults climbed from 8.9% in 2024 to 11.2%. The strain comes alongside a fraud crackdown: CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz called New York's Social Adult Day Care program "a plague to the state," and federal enforcement led to the arrest of two providers for allegedly defrauding $500,000. Separately, Northwestern Medicine research offers a clinical bright spot: personalized pre-surgery rehabilitation cut mortality risk by about 50% among adherent patients in a study of 355 liver transplant candidates. Open questions include how premium increases will affect employer offerings and whether enforcement actions will expand beyond New York.
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- statnews.comHealth insurance premiums jump 9%, and more Americans don’t have access to coverage
Average U.S. employer-sponsored family health insurance premiums will rise 9% to $7,471 in 2026, and the uninsured rate among working-age adults climbed from 8.9% in 2024 to 11.2%. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz called New York's Social Adult Day Care program "a plague to the state," and a federal enforcement action led to the arrest of two providers for allegedly defrauding $500,000. Northwestern Medicine research shows personalized preoperative rehabilitation cut mortality risk by about 50% among adherent patients out of 355 liver transplant candidates.
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