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As health insurance costs rise, lawmakers remain undecided on who should pay for healthcare
December 15, 2025—the deadline for enrolling in a marketplace plan through the Affordable Care Act for 2026—came and went without an agreement on the federal subsidies that kept ACA plans more affordable for many Americans. Despite a…
ACA health insurance marketplace enrollment declines as subsidies set to expire
Follow us on Google for the latest stock news Compared to this point last year, enrollment in healthcare coverage through state insurance exchanges has fallen. Around 15.6M Americans have enrolled in a plan for 2026 so far, CMS Administrator Mehmet…
Q3 GDP Unexpectedly Surges To 2 Year High On Soaring Health Insurance Spending
By now, Q3 GDP - which should have been reported almost two months ago - is ancient history but it still matters in a world where the Fed's every sneeze is overanalyzed. Which is why the report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis that in Q3 US GDP…
Iowa doctor addresses rising health insurance costs and physician shortages
Iowa doctor addresses rising health insurance costs and physician shortages THIS IS IOWA'S NEWS LEADER. KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. WELL, THE COST OF HEALTH CARE INSURANCE IS GOING UP ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND HERE AT HOME. ONE…
US insurance giant Aflac says hackers stole personal and health data of 22.6 million
In June, U.S. insurance giant Aflac disclosed a data breach where hackers stole customers' personal information, including Social Security numbers and health information, without saying how many victims were affected. On Tuesday, the company…
Why Obamacare Premiums Are Set to Rise Sharply
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of Americans buying health insurance through Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces have relied on enhanced subsidies to make their coverage more affordable. These tax credits, which lower monthly premiums…
What seven Americans think of rising health care costs
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. I have been on a multimonth mission to figure out why health care costs are going up. You can read all about it here. As part of that…
31-year-old scoops ice cream on the side for $16.50/hour to make ends meet in this job market: 'There is zero shame in it
On my first day of work at the neighborhood ice cream shop, my boss lined up cups on the counter, handed me a scooper, and set a timer. 'A perfect scoop takes under 24 seconds,' he said. Ice cream splattered as I tried to keep up. It humbled me…
ACA subsidies are expiring. Here's who the lapse will hit hardest
About 22 million people receive enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance premiums. The enhanced ACA subsidies, also known as enhanced premium tax credits, are set to expire at the end of 2025. Everyone who receives…
My health care costs are going up. So I made a video series figuring out why and who's to blame.
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. I just turned 26, which means I was unceremoniously booted off my parent's health insurance and had to fend for myself in the wild…
House GOP tensions erupt after moderate Republicans' Obamacare 'betrayal
Tensions are once again boiling in the House GOP after four moderate Republicans joined Democrats in a bid to force a vote on extending Obamacare subsidies that were enhanced during the COVID-19 pandemic. 'It's a betrayal to the Republican Party,'…
Save Obamacare subsidies: Just call them Trumpcare | Opinion
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Health care premiums for 20 million Americans who receive their medical coverage through the Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare,” are about to dramatically rise, as COVID-era subsidies will…
Trump's Affordability Pitch Collides With New Wage Garnishment for Student Loan Defaulters
President Donald Trump will return to his affordability tour in the new year, sharing with Americans his claims that he is “ bringing our economy back from the brink of ruin,” prices have “rapidly” fallen, and there is…
Here's What Happens Now That We're Going Over the Obamacare Cliff
Earlier this year, Angelia Hoomes's back pain was so severe that she couldn't bend down to put a cookie sheet in the oven. She was hiring others to load and unload her dishwasher. Any time she wasn't taking care of her now 2-year-old granddaughter…
The 2025 tech predictions that came true, and ones that surprised us
Today's tech ecosystem makes it relatively straightforward to predict near-term developments, but nearly impossible to guess the surprise market movers that end up being the biggest stories of the year. That's what we found two years ago, when we…
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