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Florida, hard-hit by Obamacare drop-off, feels the squeeze of rising healthcare costs
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (1309+ words) Elijah Button, 21, shows a scar on his middle fingers caused by a knife wound that he was unable to seek medical help for, in St. Cloud, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. Tracy Rand uses a fan to help with her severe menopause…...
PacificSource to end Montana insurance operations
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (168+ words) Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Manage Subscription (Pay Your Bill, Vacation Request, Update Account Info) Attendees hold signs at a rally in support of reauthorizing Medicaid expansion at the Montana State Capitol in 2025. Let the news come to you Get any of…...
Eroding ACA Enrollment Portends Higher Insurance Rates
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (64+ words) Bozeman Daily Chronicle Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act continues to erode as some customers struggle to make premium payments, with the declining numbers churning market uncertainty for insurers. In response, insurers are likely to raise rates again next year,…...
Tribes in Montana lose millions after USDA kills farm grants
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1280+ words) Kim Paul, executive director of the Piikani Lodge Health Institute, opens a gate to the organization's new 600-acre property near Browning on Nov. 6, 2025. Piikani Lodge planned to use federal grant funding to build a community resource center for farmers and…...
Evidence shows ACA’s mandated benefits alone don’t drive up costs
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (907+ words) In January, when President Donald Trump unveiled his one-page outline to address health care spending, dubbed “The Great Healthcare Plan,” he specifically mentioned the Affordable Care Act’s role in driving up costs. “I call it the unaffordable care act,” he…...
In switching to original Medicare, beware of Medigap Plan refusals
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (717+ words) But there’s a catch: If people want to move to original Medicare and buy a supplemental Medigap insurance plan to cover some out-of-pocket costs, they may not be able to. Medigap insurers can generally refuse coverage to applicants whose medical…...
Even patients are shocked by prices insurers will pay — and it costs all of us
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1383+ words) Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was billed to her insurer for…...
New Medicaid work rules likely to hit middle-aged adults hard
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1096+ words) The National Cancer Institute, the federal research agency c… The decades-old dispute over public access on a major side-c… and Sam Whitehead KFF Health News Lori Kelley crochets at home in Harrisburg, North Carolina. With deteriorating eyesight, she relies mainly…...
Millions of Americans Are Expected To Drop Their Affordable Care Act Plans. They’re Looking for a Plan B.
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1226+ words) Robert Sory feeds a treat to a blind, albino raccoon named Cricket. Russian foxes, African porcupines, emus, bobcats, and goats are also part of his menagerie. Emily and Robert Sory are trying to open a nonprofit animal sanctuary at their…...
Fewer Montanans enroll in health care marketplace following expiration of ACA subsidies
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (592+ words) Public Service Commissioner James Brown during a meeting in Helena. Fewer Montanans have chosen to enroll in marketplace health plans this year, an outcome foreshadowed by health policy experts who warned that letting subsidies lapse would lead people to gamble…...