For Health Insurers, Business is Booming. But at Whose Expense?

Good news for the health insurance industry: business is booming – insurer stock prices soared in 2017 well above the rest of the stock market. While patients and consumers in a staggering number of counties across the country are suffering from a lack of competition and choice in the health insurance markets, insurance companies appear to be doing better than ever.
Here’s the bad news: health care premiums are on the rise and show no signs of slowing down. And in a recent opinion fe