Justice department files lawsuits to block health insurance mergers

Anthem trying to buy Cigna and Aetna wants to purchase Humana but regulators argue deals would lessen competition and drive up healthcare costs

Ehic applications unavailable – but NHS says it’s nothing to do with Brexit

The website and phone number for European health insurance card registration is expected to be unavailable until Monday afternoon, leaving last-minute applicants in the lurch

UnitedHealth’s Obamacare exit won’t hurt system but is a PR blow, say experts

The practical impact of the US’s largest health insurer quitting insurance exchanges created by Obamacare is small, but it adds fuel to critics’ arguments

Greens propose ditching $5bn-a-year private health insurance rebate

Party leader, Richard Di Natale, calls rebate as ‘a public policy disaster’ that has not eased pressure on public hospitals

Private health insurance: Labor attacks size of premium rises

Increases could prompt more than 530,000 Australians to drop their cover, according to poll

Private health insurance providers named over ‘junk’ policies

Choice says Medibank, HCF and NIB among those offering products it says are a waste of money

Private health cover: governments only care about rising costs when they’re paying, not you

With another hike in premiums, consumers have to weigh up whether they are better off paying money to an insurer, or saving for a rainy day

Wellness programs at work: could your boss be spying on your health?

Privacy experts raise concerns about data collected through employer wellness programs, which they say have potential to become surveillance programs

The mandatory insurance that can leave amateur footballers on £30 a week

Three years after the FA made insurance mandatory for 11-a-side teams in England some in the grassroots game think NGIS ‘is not worth paper it’s written on’

How paying for your treatment would help save the NHS

‘Free at the point of use’ has had its day. Other European countries use health insurance without the poor suffering, so why can’t we?