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, ...

Ambetter and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina get top marks and offer affordable health insurance in North Carolina. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

Rate hikes paired with the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits will increase out-of-pocket costs for NC residents.

NORTH CAROLINA — New data has identified the states where the highest percentage of residents lack health insurance. North Carolina ranks 10th in the category with 9.3 percent of its residents ...

Teachers across the state today protested, in an effort to get the attention of state legislators. They advocated for ...

The N.C. State Health Plan's Board of Trustees voted Friday morning to raise premiums for many of its 770,000 members. State Treasurer Brad Briner, left, and Health Plan Executive Administrator Tom ...

ASHEVILLE - A new Meredith Poll of more than 1,000 North Carolina residents took the statewide temperature on attitudes about health insurance and reported Western N.C. residents are somewhat neutral ...

Over 2.2 million people in North Carolina are signed up for Medicare, making it the ninth-largest U.S. state for Medicare beneficiaries [1]. Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people ...

More than 4,000 people who have appointments scheduled with UNC Health in December are scrambling. The patients have Cigna health insurance, and their insurer's cont ract expired this week with UNC ...

Health insurance is a crucial component of employee compensation, typically representing the largest benefit expense for companies outside of wages. As healthcare costs continue to rise in the United ...

Brad Briner inherits a daunting problem as he assumes the job of North Carolina state treasurer this month: the $507 million debt of the State Health Plan, which provides health insurance to 750,000 ...

When Elizabeth Gildersleeve canceled a health insurance plan that let her down, she thought her troubles were over. Instead, her credit card kept getting hit again and again, resulting in charges that ...