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Wake Med-Atrium Health deal: NC auditor urges commissioners to delay vote
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (25+ words) ABC11 Raleigh-Durham State auditor calls for delay on vote approving Wake Med-Atrium Health deal...
Cigna, UNC Health sign long-term agreement ending contract stalemate
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (196+ words) RALEIGH, N. C. (WTVD) -- Good news for UNC Health patients who have Cigna as their insurance provider. Friday, UNC Health announced they have reached and inked an agreement with Cigna Healthcare. This will allow its customers across North Carolina to continue receiving…...
Trump Rx launches, but it's unclear if it will lower drug prices for most patients
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1146+ words) A key pillar of President Donald Trump's effort to lower prescription drug costs, the website will serve as a clearinghouse that connects patients with drugmakers selling certain products to those willing to pay cash and forgo insurance. The medications, including…...
Deadline looms for Affordable Care Act enrollment amid drop in sign-ups
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (191+ words) RALEIGH, N. C. (WTVD) -- The clock is ticking for North Carolinians to enroll in Affordable Care Act health coverage, with Thursday's deadline fast approaching. However, new data reveals a significant drop in enrollment, driven by the expiration of enhanced subsidies that previously…...
Deadline looms for North Carolinians to enroll in Affordable Care Act Coverage amid rising costs, subsidy losses
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (29+ words) ABC11 Deadline looms for Affordable Care Act enrollment amid drop in sign-ups...
Final day to select ACA health plans arrives in most states, with no subsidy deal yet
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (334+ words) NEW YORK -- Thursday was the final day to select an Affordable Care Act health insurance plan across much of the country, as the expiration of federal subsidies drives up health costs and lawmakers remain locked in a debate over how…...
1 in 4 ACA enrollees would 'very likely' forego health insurance if premiums double
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (723+ words) 1 in 3 enrollees said they would consider a cheaper plan if premiums double. Open enrollment for the ACA began last month, and many Americans experienced sticker shock upon receiving their annual notices and discovering their 2026 premiums would be increasing. At the…...
North Carolinians brace for healthcare premium hikes amid shutdown deal
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (257+ words) RALEIGH, N. C. (WTVD) -- North Carolinians are preparing for potential healthcare premium increases as the House of Representatives passes a long-awaited spending bill to reopen the government. Currently, there are over 975, 000 North Carolinians enrolled in coverage through the healthcare marketplace, roughly 10% of…...
'It's insane': ACA policyholders say soaring premiums are jeopardizing lives
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1386+ words) One said she's being "run out of my country because of healthcare costs." Colorado mom Astrid Storey, a thyroid cancer patient with an autoimmune disorder, was recently notified that her monthly premiums under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will jump…...
Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike as sign-ups begin: 'This will devastate us"
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (838+ words) WASHINGTON -- Stacy Cox used one word repeatedly as she described how she felt after learning her ACA premium could jump over 300% without the enhanced tax credits: "devastating." "I don't know if I've ever cried opening a letter from an insurance…...