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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, ...

We evaluated 129 health insurance companies by weighing key factors of top health insurance plans and scoring the following metrics. We analyzed more than 864 Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace ...