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thecharlottepost.com > news > 07/12/2026 > health > aca-insurers-want-premium-increases-as-enrollment-sags

ACA insurers want premium increases as enrollment sags

2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (700+ words) For the second year in a row, many Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing double-digit premium increases, driven by rising medical costs as well as policy changes by Congress and the Trump administration. In preliminary filings with state regulators, insurers…...

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The Charlotte Post
thecharlottepost.com > news > 03/16/2026 > health > new-medicaid-work-rules-likely-to-hit-middle-aged-hard

New Medicaid work rules likely to hit middle-aged hard

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (969+ 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…...

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thecharlottepost.com > news > 01/13/2026 > health > without-subsidies-health-care-insurance-grows-distant

Without subsidies, health care insurance grows distant

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (411+ words) Open enrollment for health care insurance ends Jan. 15, and with it goes the last opportunity for coverage in 2026. Congress was supposed to have already decided on whether to extend Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act tax subsidies, but due to…...

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