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fastcompany.com - The Conversation - As health insurance costs rise, lawmakers remain undecided on who should pay for healthcare
As health insurance costs rise, lawmakers remain undecided on who should pay for healthcare
Fast Company

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…

seekingalpha.com - Jonathan Block - ACA health insurance marketplace enrollment declines as subsidies set to expire
ACA health insurance marketplace enrollment declines as subsidies set to expire
Seeking Alpha

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…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - Q3 GDP Unexpectedly Surges To 2 Year High On Soaring Health Insurance Spending
Q3 GDP Unexpectedly Surges To 2 Year High On Soaring Health Insurance Spending
Zero Hedge

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…

kcci.com - Alyx Sacks - Iowa doctor addresses rising health insurance costs and physician shortages
Iowa doctor addresses rising health insurance costs and physician shortages
KCCI

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…

techcrunch.com - Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai - US insurance giant Aflac says hackers stole personal and health data of 22.6 million
US insurance giant Aflac says hackers stole personal and health data of 22.6 million
TechCrunch

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…

bloomberg.com - Caitlin Reilly - Why Obamacare Premiums Are Set to Rise Sharply
Why Obamacare Premiums Are Set to Rise Sharply
Bloomberg

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…

motherjones.com - Chris Vazquez - What seven Americans think of rising health care costs
What seven Americans think of rising health care costs
Mother Jones

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…

cnbc.com - Kaila Curry - 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
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
CNBC

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…

cnbc.com - Greg Iacurci - ACA subsidies are expiring. Here's who the lapse will hit hardest
ACA subsidies are expiring. Here's who the lapse will hit hardest
CNBC

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…

motherjones.com - Chris Vazquez - My health care costs are going up. So I made a video series figuring out why and who's to blame.
My health care costs are going up. So I made a video series figuring out why and who's to blame.
Mother Jones

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…

foxnews.com - Elizabeth Elkind - House GOP tensions erupt after moderate Republicans' Obamacare 'betrayal
House GOP tensions erupt after moderate Republicans' Obamacare 'betrayal
Fox News

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,'…

sun-sentinel.com - Brian Huba - Save Obamacare subsidies: Just call them Trumpcare | Opinion
Save Obamacare subsidies: Just call them Trumpcare | Opinion
Sun Sentinel

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…

thenewcivilrightsmovement.com - David Badash - Trump's Affordability Pitch Collides With New Wage Garnishment for Student Loan Defaulters
Trump's Affordability Pitch Collides With New Wage Garnishment for Student Loan Defaulters
Home - The New Civil Rights Movement

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…

newrepublic.com - Grace Segers - Here's What Happens Now That We're Going Over the Obamacare Cliff
Here's What Happens Now That We're Going Over the Obamacare Cliff
The New Republic

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…

semafor.com - Reed Albergotti - The 2025 tech predictions that came true, and ones that surprised us
The 2025 tech predictions that came true, and ones that surprised us
Semafor

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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