{
  "id": 16961161,
  "title": "Albertsons won't insure employees' spouses if they're eligible for their own health coverage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/albertsons-wont-insure-employees-spouses-if-theyre-eligible-for-their",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-28T21:15:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/albertsons-limiting-health-insurance-for-employee-spouses-2026-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Albertsons, the grocery chain, will no longer provide health coverage for employees' spouses and domestic partners in 2027, should those partners have jobs offering similar insurance. The decision aims to manage rising healthcare costs, expected to increase by 9.5% next year. Rising costs are attributed to inflation, higher prescription drug prices, provider consolidation, and a shortage of healthcare professionals. Other major companies like Disney, Starbucks, and Deloitte have also made similar cost-saving adjustments to their benefits packages.",
  "summary": "Grocery giant Albertsons says it will not provide health coverage for spouses or partners who can get insurance elsewhere.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}