Obamacare
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Democrats Set Their Sights on Trump’s Medicaid Reforms
Fresh off their 2026 midterm victories, Democrats are preparing to roll back key Medicaid reforms that President Trump signed into law last year. Their ambitions don’t stop there. Progressives are also looking to revive Medicare for All — a proposal that would ban private insurance and force everyone into a ...
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Democrats want to bring back Obamacare’s costly subsidies
Democrats are celebrating their midterm victories. And they’re already making plans for their return to power in Congress. High on their agenda is restoring the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expired last year. Democrats are pitching the proposal as a way to make health insurance more affordable. But subsidizing expensive coverage ...
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Millions of Americans are walking away from Obamacare
Across all Obamacare marketplace plans, the average monthly premium paid by enrollees after subsidies jumped 58% this year, from $113 to $178. Average deductibles climbed 37%, to $3,786. Those increases didn’t come out of nowhere. Insurers raised underlying Obamacare premiums by a median of 20% for 2026 — the steepest ...
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Obamacare Vulnerable to a Real Fraud Problem
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it canceled the policies only after investigating and confirming that the enrollments were unauthorized. Many involved people enrolled without their knowledge, sometimes by dishonest insurance agents and brokers. Those cancellations are expected to return roughly $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies. And there’s ...
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Want cheaper health insurance? Don’t kill HSAs
A new study from Georgetown University offers a three-part strategy for cutting health insurance costs — a worthwhile goal if there ever was one. Remarkably, the plan would effectively eliminate one of the most powerful tools for constraining health spending and saving patients money — health savings accounts, or HSAs. ...
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Millions of women missing breast cancer screenings due to red tape
More than 8 million American women between 45 and 64 are overdue for breast-cancer screening. That’s a staggering number for a disease expected to kill more than 40,000 women this year. The consequences of finding breast cancer late can be devastating. Five years after diagnosis, women whose cancer remains confined ...
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A new name for a better way to buy health insurance
Federal officials just gave one of the most promising innovations in health insurance a badly needed name change. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has rebranded Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements — otherwise known as ICHRAs — as “CHOICE Arrangements,” short for Custom Health Option and Individual Care Expense. ...
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Association Health Plans Could Give Small Businesses A Break On Health Costs
Small businesses have struggled with the rising cost of health insurance for years. The Trump administration may soon give them a meaningful way to fight back. The Labor Department has submitted a proposed rule to the White House that would establish new pathways for groups of employers to band together ...
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Obamacare counts insurance cards, not access to care
The latest federal report on Obamacare’s insurance exchanges has prompted an outcry from Democrats and Republicans alike. Released this summer by the Department of Health and Human Services, the study found that marketplace enrollment fell by roughly 3 million this year. It attributed as much as half of that decline ...
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Why Are States Taxing Companies for Hiring Poor People?
The Garden State has become the first state to penalize companies for employing Medicaid beneficiaries. Under legislation signed June 30 by Gov. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., companies with at least 50 employees will pay an annual fee between $325 and $725 for every worker or dependent of a worker enrolled in ...
Democrats Set Their Sights on Trump’s Medicaid Reforms
Fresh off their 2026 midterm victories, Democrats are preparing to roll back key Medicaid reforms that President Trump signed into law last year. Their ambitions don’t stop there. Progressives are also looking to revive Medicare for All — a proposal that would ban private insurance and force everyone into a ...
Democrats want to bring back Obamacare’s costly subsidies
Democrats are celebrating their midterm victories. And they’re already making plans for their return to power in Congress. High on their agenda is restoring the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expired last year. Democrats are pitching the proposal as a way to make health insurance more affordable. But subsidizing expensive coverage ...
Millions of Americans are walking away from Obamacare
Across all Obamacare marketplace plans, the average monthly premium paid by enrollees after subsidies jumped 58% this year, from $113 to $178. Average deductibles climbed 37%, to $3,786. Those increases didn’t come out of nowhere. Insurers raised underlying Obamacare premiums by a median of 20% for 2026 — the steepest ...
Obamacare Vulnerable to a Real Fraud Problem
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it canceled the policies only after investigating and confirming that the enrollments were unauthorized. Many involved people enrolled without their knowledge, sometimes by dishonest insurance agents and brokers. Those cancellations are expected to return roughly $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies. And there’s ...
Want cheaper health insurance? Don’t kill HSAs
A new study from Georgetown University offers a three-part strategy for cutting health insurance costs — a worthwhile goal if there ever was one. Remarkably, the plan would effectively eliminate one of the most powerful tools for constraining health spending and saving patients money — health savings accounts, or HSAs. ...
Millions of women missing breast cancer screenings due to red tape
More than 8 million American women between 45 and 64 are overdue for breast-cancer screening. That’s a staggering number for a disease expected to kill more than 40,000 women this year. The consequences of finding breast cancer late can be devastating. Five years after diagnosis, women whose cancer remains confined ...
A new name for a better way to buy health insurance
Federal officials just gave one of the most promising innovations in health insurance a badly needed name change. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has rebranded Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements — otherwise known as ICHRAs — as “CHOICE Arrangements,” short for Custom Health Option and Individual Care Expense. ...
Association Health Plans Could Give Small Businesses A Break On Health Costs
Small businesses have struggled with the rising cost of health insurance for years. The Trump administration may soon give them a meaningful way to fight back. The Labor Department has submitted a proposed rule to the White House that would establish new pathways for groups of employers to band together ...
Obamacare counts insurance cards, not access to care
The latest federal report on Obamacare’s insurance exchanges has prompted an outcry from Democrats and Republicans alike. Released this summer by the Department of Health and Human Services, the study found that marketplace enrollment fell by roughly 3 million this year. It attributed as much as half of that decline ...
Why Are States Taxing Companies for Hiring Poor People?
The Garden State has become the first state to penalize companies for employing Medicaid beneficiaries. Under legislation signed June 30 by Gov. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., companies with at least 50 employees will pay an annual fee between $325 and $725 for every worker or dependent of a worker enrolled in ...