{"id":313967,"date":"2025-11-26T02:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/313967\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T02:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:38:10","slug":"why-is-u-s-health-insurance-so-expensive-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/313967\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is U.S. health insurance so expensive? &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQanBxV0NhOVpRVlQ4blUxT01aY3c5cS1QQlQ4WWliVzNlN2pfUkpKeHBCalpoTkwtTklVMGVJX196YWl2RFZnVzFOSENGQ1hXbHNvaUlFUDMzRXFSNm5ZOXdrbno5bVBKU3JvcVVOcDF1V1N4RUQwQktTSjJzYnpkbXdsa1gwNWFsRXg4OG9n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why is U.S. health insurance so expensive?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQV1RzdXRRcnotTldsM3dzbmdXY3hpcnlRZ0xMeWpXQlFqa2ZnWWpPNjVnQlZOcTVUck1OWDVSRVZsVWpFNUtYR1Zfb0RVcktTMEk2VU5jTHZUeDhYRWdWUTBOZ2JKanhSajJFd0lIbzMtVkpFUFdHY1BTS2pyZFN1MS1KU1RBYzlX?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Panic Tears Through U.S. as Health Insurance Costs Spike<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The American Prospect<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOenN5QzY2Q1dCNXNIMlhjWkRiVUtEVm5hc1FqOGdNT3ZyVVB5TkdYSEI4c3QwVEFGbXowUkE3QV9EdkZLYjNOemwxbktVQVktUHdWQ2gzQnc3aVA5VWxob0FyQUo5X19DTjFoWDlPaTVIdU1ZUllCUS1MektpUVlhdGtNUmZPYV91cnk3Vm10SjJtTXp4T3U3U005WHJMVzF5V1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Looming affordability crisis set to hit Americans with health insurance through work<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOTVQwaFMzcEdmVWVfdk1sbGZtNm9DZ0tJMWFQQVg5UVRnM2s2Znk4ZGJDYUI4Yk5IbjBXOFUwMGtrTEZTQmo5QUh6NmVSeDFNQ0JPYi1NM0RVTU55ckE1NldjQXpJS0ZlTmFQQk5GVTBFbldZYmtHNkZ3Z2Itbm5SMmkybExwcGg2cTRXNy1TZnJfdDNvX0FaOXNDMmt4REJJaWpSdDRwMWFLNEXSAbABQVVfeXFMUEFkZDNIZWprNTBabTBFWGlSdGRxNFNBb0FRM1h5QzJUeTBfNzFydmFrVWlSRkFueDNqZVlzMVRKMFVraG5peWZjRkpWblhxcTFtdnR4eTUxcDBXWHV4SEVJdjJJN2dUbEgzR0t5M3dPcmpmRWlsOE5XT3lJTmNmeG50OFZaR01hN241Uy0zVU1UQXlwMTYzdEUyUVZQMWRSU1ZTWi1rckZLOE5DdXpFaU8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The self-funding roadmap for employers battling rising health costs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BenefitsPRO<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNc3RuQXFhaGR4YXBqX2xIa1FyaUdpWEFPVnJXV0ZyMnVsTVVJdzhaTGFpNDZMN2lEeXd1Q0tmTk1GNTFiZmJiREx5Z05ZMUliQ0N5a05FaDhlZjc1SzRpMXptNG50ck5tU2pHNXQ4U2dnVnBOYnlFaElzWU5NSFhRTXNkRG9zNVBP?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Restoring Affordability to Employer Health Plans<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MedCity News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why is U.S. health insurance so expensive?&nbsp;&nbsp;NPRPanic Tears Through U.S. as Health Insurance Costs Spike&nbsp;&nbsp;The American ProspectLooming affordability&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":{"0":"post-313967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}