Open enrollment — the annual window when employees can adjust their benefits — may deliver sticker shock this year. Workers are likely to pay between 6% to 7% more for their 2026 employer-sponsored ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of ...

As climate change intensifies extreme weather and environmental conditions across the country, about 65% of U.S. adults are ...

Re “The Biggest Cause of High Health Care Spending,” by Zack Cooper (Opinion guest essay, May 7): As a physician, a health ...

A new state budget deal to boost funding for a children's hospital in Apex will siphon money from a rural health initiative ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

Mental health stigma refers to negative beliefs people may hold about those with mental illness, which can lead to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Public awareness and literacy have ...

Artificial intelligence has enhanced many industries, including health care, and health professionals now have access to a wider range of AI tools and additional data points on each patient. This ...

Dr. Carr is an assistant professor at the Institute for Society and Genetics at U.C.L.A. What if the cure for our current mental health crisis is not more mental health care? The mental health toll of ...