Obamacare

New enrollments under the Affordable Care Act are on pace to trail last year’s record numbers by as many as a million as the outgoing Biden administration confronts upheavals in the program. Donald Trump’s election to a second term has cast uncertainty around the future of the health law. In…

A federal judge in North Dakota blocked a Biden administration rule that allowed DACA recipients to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. In a ruling Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Dan Traynor sided with a group of 19 Republican state attorneys general who filed a lawsuit…

By Tony Case  •  November 13, 2024  • Ivy Liu This story was first published by Digiday sibling WorkLife With conservatives set to control all three branches of the U.S. government in a matter of weeks, people managers are bracing for potentially titanic changes to the workplace regarding everything from…

Enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage begins on November 1, but House Speaker Mike Johnson has cast doubt on the ACA's future, saying it could be abolished if Donald Trump wins next week's presidential election. The ACA, commonly known as Obamacare, was signed into law by President Barack Obama in…

During the Obama years, conservatives were all about forcing fodder for the national GOP base onto the Senate’s legislative fights. Recall former Sen. David Vitter’s (R-La.) push to throw Congress onto the Affordable Care Act exchanges, former Sen. Roy Blunt’s (R-Mo.) bid to exempt employers from Obamacare’s contraception coverage mandate…

With tens of thousands of Americans already affected by enrollment scams that leave some without doctors or treatments, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wants increased enforcement against rogue agents or other perpetrators and legislation to allow for criminal penalties. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Stronger actions are needed immediately to thwart…

There are about 70,000 licensed agents nationwide certified to use the healthcare.gov site or its partner enrollment platforms. Until last week, the system that is used to enroll people in federal Affordable Care Act insurance plans inadvertently allowed access by these brokers to consumers’ full Social Security numbers. (AP Photo/Alex…

Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches for Affordable Care Act policyholders, say consumers, agents, nonprofit enrollee assistance groups, and other insurance experts. “We think it’s urgent and it requires a lot more attention and resources,”…

The Biden administration faces what looks like a growing problem for the federal Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange: disreputable insurance brokers enrolling people who don’t need coverage or switching them to new plans without their authorization. It happened to Michael Debriae, a restaurant server who lives in Charlotte. Unbeknownst to…

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least $26 million so far, with more than 90% going toward administrative and consulting costs rather than medical care for low-income people. Kemp’s Georgia Pathways to Coverage offers government health insurance to people…