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How one Brooklynite is weighing her options as her "Essential Plan" health coverage comes to an end
10+ hour, 48+ min ago (1125+ words) Actor and bookkeeper Olivia Killingsworth does some strength-training exercises with her physical therapist on June 9, 2026, at her studio in Brooklyn. (Chi Tian / Healthbeat) Olivia Killingsworth, an actor and bookkeeper living in Brooklyn has a rare life-threatening genetic condition for which…...
A half-million Georgians drop ACA coverage after price hikes
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1231+ words) More than half a million Georgians have dropped health insurance coverage amid stiff premium price hikes for federally subsidized Affordable Care Act plans, according to data obtained by The Current GA and the Georgia Recorder. The 37% enrollment drop " from 1. 5 million…...
How federal funding cuts will cost 500, 000 New Yorkers their health insurance
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1248+ words) The massive federal budget cuts imposed by the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act are beginning to play out. In New York, almost a half-million people are expected to lose their health insurance coverage through the state's Essential Plan…...