It's that time of year and we're not referring to the holidays. It's open enrollment for healthcare plans, and for many the cost has gone up, but experts question why. A survey from the Kaiser Foundation found that the annual premiums on a family plan arose four percent between 2020 and 2021, about the same amount as the previous a year. The Big Difference. Health insurance companies made large profits during the pandemic, which healthcare consultants say makes increases unnecessary. We fix health carers the way we pay for health carers in this country, in one word, transparency. Let's make everything transparent. You should be able to know what it costs to get a total need before you get one, and you should be able to also have some access to quality data. How does this surgeon. 

Compare to others in my marketplace. Hospitals have been mandated to make this information available, but many have found ways around it. Meanwhile, as you're enrolling for health benefits, he says, the biggest thing to pay attention to is what you share, what your share of cost might be for a plan and a new study shows additional health benefits of intermittent fasting.