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Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (1221+ words) More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada's new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower prices to the health insurance market. Those preliminary numbers from the open enrollment period that ended…...
Trump Team’s Planned ACA Rule Offers Its Answer to Rising Premium Costs: Catastrophic Coverage
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (859+ words) This article by Julie Appleby first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. The changes come as affordability is a key concern for many Americans, some of whom are struggling to pay their ACA premiums since enhanced subsidies expired…...
New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1153+ words) Lori Kelley's deteriorating vision has made it hard for her to find steady work. The 59-year-old, who lives in Harrisburg, North Carolina, closed her nonprofit circus arts school last year because she could no longer see well enough to complete…...
Obamacare Sign-Ups Drop, but the Extent Won’t Be Clear for Months
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1368+ words) This article by Julie Appleby first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. More Americans than expected enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for this year, after premium subsidies were dramatically cut " but it remains to be…...
It’s 2026 and You’re Uninsured. Now What?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1312+ words) This article by Renuka Rayasam first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions of Americans losing their Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. But there are…...
When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage
2+ week, 3+ day ago (933+ words) This article by Renuka Rayasam first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. When Noah Hulsman, who owns a skate shop in Louisville, Kentucky, learned he no longer qualified for federal subsidies to help him pay for his "gold…...
Medicare Advantage Insurers Face New Curbs on Overcharges in Trump Plan That Reins in Payments
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (1035+ words) This article by Fred Schulte first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Medicare Advantage health plans are blasting a government proposal this week that would keep their reimbursement rates flat next year while making other payment changes. But…...
Kaiser Permanente To Pay $556 Million in Record Medicare Advantage Fraud Settlement
1+ mon, 43+ min ago (992+ words) This article by Fred Schulte first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. In the largest Medicare Advantage fraud settlement to date, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $556 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it billed the government…...
As Insurance Prices Rise, Families Puzzle Over Options
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (1081+ words) This article by Lynn Arditi first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. New York-based performer Cynthia Freeman, 61, has been trying to figure out how to keep the Affordable Care Act health plan that she and her husband depend…...
GOP Cuts Will Cripple Medicaid Enrollment, Warns CEO of Largest Public Health Plan
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1068+ words) When the head of the nation's largest publicly operated health plan worries about the looming federal cuts to Medicaid, it's not just her job. It's personal. "If it weren't for safety nets like the Medi-Cal program, I think, many people…...