INSURANCE

Dental insurance is not the usual kind of subject for a ballot question, but it is this year in Massachusetts.

The federal government recently switched to a more sophisticated system for determining flood insurance premiums, called Risk Rating 2.0. That means rates are changing for millions of U.S. homeowners, including for residents of inland communities like Lowell and Lawrence, which are seeing some of the greatest increases in Massachusetts.

It’s the time of year when older Americans who depend on Medicare replacement health insurance plans decide whether to keep their current plans, or change…

With just over two weeks left in the legislative session this year, Democrats who had been pushing legislation to create a public option health plan conceded that the effort would fail again. Opposition from the insurance industry and Gov. Ned Lamont had sunk the bill — the third consecutive year it died unceremoniously.

Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes that run casinos in the state have sued their insurance carrier over denial of claims for millions of...

Starting in January, Massachusetts workers are eligible to take paid time off to bond with a new child or to recover from a long illness.The state’s Paid…

Many workers still furloughed from the MGM Springfield casino will lose their health insurance as of August 31.The casino partially reopened last month…

Connecticut’s state Capitol is closed for legislative business until at least March 30 because of the new coronavirus. But in the final days before the…

Even in a solidly blue state where voters were demanding relief from the high cost of health care, the idea of a government-run public option for health insurance faced a "steam train of opposition."

Massachusetts hospital data obtained by WBUR shed light on how 'Medicare For All" and public option plans could affect hospitals' bottom lines.