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NM House Speaker: ACA ‘Works’, But We Improved It with ‘Affordability Fund’, ACA Needs Subsidies So People Can Afford Care Obamacare

NM House Speaker: ACA ‘Works’, But We Improved It with ‘Affordability Fund’, ACA Needs Subsidies So People Can Afford Care

On Wednesday’s “MS NOW Reports,” New Mexico State House Speaker Rep. Javier Martínez (D) said that the state has “far planned to make the Affordable Care Act better” through an “Affordability Fund” and Obamacare works, but needs subsidies “so that people in my state and in states across the country…
bubmag
January 1, 2026
ALLEN MASHBURN: Obamacare was doomed 15 years ago and it’s doomed now—it’s time to get rid of it Obamacare

ALLEN MASHBURN: Obamacare was doomed 15 years ago and it’s doomed now—it’s time to get rid of it

America's health insurance system is collapsing under the weight of a law forced through by Democrats alone 15 years ago. With enhanced subsidies expiring, millions face skyrocketing premiums in 2026—proving once again that Obamacare was doomed from the start. Democrats rammed the Affordable Care Act through Congress in 2010 under…
bubmag
December 26, 2025
Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season Obamacare

Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW’s Your Call on Dec. 19. Click here to hear Rayasam on Your Call. Read Rayasam’s “Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic,” co-reported with Fred Clasen-Kelly. KFF Health News rural health correspondent…
bubmag
December 20, 2025
State Exchange Directors Seeing Consumers’ Fears — In Real Time — About Obamacare Premium Hikes Obamacare

State Exchange Directors Seeing Consumers’ Fears — In Real Time — About Obamacare Premium Hikes

I’ve been checking on the progress of the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment season, which is happening as Congress continues to debate whether to extend the subsidies that have given consumers extra help paying their health insurance premiums.  The story drew responses from readers facing large cost increases if these…
bubmag
December 19, 2025