• Your health insurance premium will depend on factors like the size of your deductible, how narrow your network is and whether you get insurance on the job or buy a plan on your own.
• On average, a single person pays about $111 a month for employer-sponsored coverage and $456 a month for a plan on the health insurance marketplace, before any subsidies.
• Besides monthly premiums, health insurance expenses include copayments, coinsurance and spending to meet your deductible.

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“New laws and mandates effective in 2023 can help you manage medical debt. These consumer-friendly changes may help you save on prescriptions or plan better for the cost of your care upfront.

Here’s what’s new in 2023 that can help you make the most economical healthcare choices for yourself and your family.”

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While it’s not exactly news that eating overly-processed foods is linked to myriad health issues, results from a recent study are shedding new light on its relation to cognitive decline as we age. 

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“I’ve been pleased that healthcare has been paying attention, probably sooner than it acknowledged the Internet. Every day, it seems, there are new developments about how various kinds of AI are showing usefulness/potential usefulness in healthcare, in a wide variety of ways.  There’s lots of informed discussions about how it will be best used and where the limits will be, but as a long-time observer of our healthcare system, I think we’re not talking enough about two crucial questions.”

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Contributing money to your health savings account (HSA) can help you save money on healthcare costs. The money you contribute to an HSA can be used to pay for qualified medical expenses tax-free. You can also invest the funds in your account and receive tax-free earnings. And, depending on how you contribute money to your HSA, you may be eligible to deduct the contributions on your tax return.

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