Although open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act's insurance Marketplaces is almost here, a 10-question survey from Kaiser Family Foundation found that the health law's target audience still ...

1 in 2 consumers struggle to understand key health insurance concepts. 55% don't know what a health insurance premium is, 54% are confused about deductibles and 48% don't know what a copay is. 45% ...

A significant number of Americans comparison shop for healthcare services, but limited health literacy may keep them from understanding what they're shopping for, according to a new survey.

Most people learn what they know about health insurance on the job, when they use their employers’ health plans. But, in a nationwide consumer survey conducted this year for FAIR Health by ORC ...

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from RAND, "To assess whether health insurance literacy and financial literacy predict being uninsured, covered by Medicaid, or covered by ...

Behavioral economists argue that the best way to address the problems caused by health plan complexity is to simplify and standardize the plans, a new report outlines. Choosing a health insurance plan ...

Only 39% claimed to have experienced confusion over using their health insurance, but many more were unable to explain the specifics of a policy. A ValuePenguin survey of 1,000-plus Americans exposed ...

Choosing a health insurance plan - whether through an employer, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Medicare - is complicated and stressful and often leads to consumers making costly mistakes. In a new ...