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Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

What to know as the annual sign-up window for health insurance arrives

Higher prices, less help and a government shutdown all hang over health insurance markets as shoppers start looking for coverage this week.

CDC panel drops COVID-19 recommendation, says decision should be ‘based on individual-based decision-making’

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee unanimously voted to drop its recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine, opting instead to recommend that the vaccine be administered “based on individual-based decision-making.”

Largest Free Healthcare Clinic In Nation Treats Uninsured In Appalachia WISE, VA - JULY 25: A nurse checks a patient's blood pressure at the Remote Area Medical (RAM), healthcare clinic July 25, 2008 in Wise, Virginia. The free weekend clinic, staffed by more than 1,400 vollunteer dentists, doctors and medical personel, is the largest of its kind in the nation and organizers expect more than 2,500 patients to turn out for the 2 1/2 day event. Residents of the area, most from the "coal counties" of Appalachia, come from one of the poorest and least educated areas in the United States. Most are underinsured or have no healthcare at all, and for many the annual RAM event is the only medical treatment they may get all year. Health insurance for the disadvantaged has become one of the main issues in this year's presidential race. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Health Insurance Rises Due To Inflation, Averaging $24K For Family Plan

The average cost of job-based health insurance has risen 7% since last year.