Obamacare

State-run ObamaCare exchanges are experiencing significant shifts following the GOP-led Congress’s decision to halt enhanced subsidies, leading to a considerable number of Americans opting out of coverage. Industry experts and state representatives highlight that the effects are not uniform across the nation. However, a downward trend in enrollment is anticipated…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a callous and wildly inaccurate response to a question about millions of Americans losing their health insurance at a congressional hearing Friday. The secretary of health and human services was testifying before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and was asked by Democratic…

By Amelia Hamilton New analysis by healthcare market intelligence firm Trilliant Health contains some bad news for hospitals, which continue to struggle in the healthcare landscape just over fifteen years after Obamacare became law. The signature progressive bill fundamentally reordered that sector of the economy, hitting many rural hospitals hard. …

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel argued that while Obamacare has gotten people insured and saved the government money, “Do we need reform? 100%. I’m the first person to say the system sucks, it’s broken.” Host Bill Maher asked, “Where is Obamacare? What do we need…

Robin Carlton pays about $650 a month for a plan on the Missouri health insurance exchange that covers him and his two teenage kids. That monthly total is $200 higher than what he paid last year, due in part to the expiration in December of covid pandemic-era premium tax credits.…

Complaints about enrollment fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage have bedeviled the federal marketplace for years. Now, the Trump administration is claiming wins in reducing the problem while simultaneously saying more controls are needed. It has proposed a sweeping set of ACA regulations for next year, including stepped-up…

John Galvin knows he needs a colonoscopy. But he’s waiting to schedule the procedure until December, when he turns 65 and qualifies for Medicare. He was already thinking about delaying it — then his monthly Obamacare insurance premium payment tripled this year to $2,460, about a third of his income,…

(Moment/Getty Images) LISTEN: Can’t afford health insurance this year? Don’t be afraid to talk to your doctor about money and the cost of care. On WAMU’s “Health Hub” on March 4, KFF Health News correspondent Sam Whitehead shared tips for people seeking affordable options without skipping care. Health insurance could…

Subsidies. Love ’em or hate them, they dominated the news during the Affordable Care Act’s sign-up season, and their reduction is now hitting many enrollees in the pocketbook. While lawmakers continue to disagree on a way forward, and the politics of affordability keeps the issue front and center, it would…

Leonard Bighorn said his mother tried for two years to get help for severe stomach pain through the limited health services available near her home on the Fort Peck Reservation in northeastern Montana. After his mom finally saw a specialist in Glasgow, about an hour away, she was diagnosed with…