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Health subsidies expire with millions of Americans facing steep insurance hikes for 2026
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (822+ words) A lectern awaits the arrival of House Democrats to speak on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12, 2025. Enhanced tax credits'that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for…...
400K people to leave Covered California as premiums are set to increase by 97%
2+ week, 17+ hour ago (489+ words) Medical providers are concerned the rising premiums will force people not to have health insurance. Amber Frias reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. As Covered California's open enrollment period is set to end next month, California officials and…...
Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1114+ words) GOP remains divided on extending the Affordable Care act benefits, leaving many Americans at risk of rising health insurance prices There's bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people…...
How to fight back when your insurance says ‘no’ to prior authorization
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1167+ words) When Sally Nix found out that her health insurance company wouldn't pay for an expensive, doctor-recommended treatment to ease her neurological pain, she prepared for battle. It took years, a chain of conflicting decisions, and a health insurer switch before…...
Covered California health insurance will cost more in 2026. Here’s what’s behind the increase
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (675+ words) Californians who get their health insurance through the state's marketplace will see'premiums increase by an average of 10.3%'next year. Covered California officials on Thursday announced the first double-digit rate increase since 2018, saying it represents a "confluence" of factors putting upward…...
Medicare Part D premiums are likely to go up next year. Here's why.
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1265+ words) Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes " potentially up to $50 a month " when they shop for next year's coverage. Such drug plans are used by millions of people who enroll in…...
Healthy Returns: Medicaid cuts in Trump's megabill may affect some drugmakers more than others
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (923+ words) We're back from the holiday weekend with President Donald Trump's "big beautiful" bill officially signed into law. His landmark tax cut and spending package includes more than $1 trillion cuts to Medicaid, which will leave millions of vulnerable Americans without health…...
The price you pay for an Obamacare plan could surge next year
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1154+ words) Josefina Muralles works a part-time overnight shift as a receptionist at a Miami Beach condominium so that during the day she can care for her three kids, her aging mother, and her brother, who is paralyzed. She helps her mother…...