Health Insurance News Even With Challenges Of Pandemic Health Benefits May Not Change Much

KFF Health News: After Shutdown, Federal Employees Face New Uncertainty: Affording Health Insurance

What’s making the latest hike in FEHB premium payments even harder to stomach for millions of federal employees is its timing: The 2026 increase was announced in October, when many federal workers ... Read More

Exclusive: Americans waiting for Obamacare subsidies delay or drop health insurance

Officials from several U.S. states say Americans relying on subsidies to afford Obamacare health insurance are holding off on enrolling as they face 2026 premium hikes that could more than double, ... Read More

The Clock Is Ticking For Republicans To Overhaul Health Insurance

Expiring ACA subsidies could sharply raise premiums in 2026 as lawmakers debate extensions and alternative plans that may reshape coverage and costs. Read More

Health Insurance Premium Subsidies to Expire

For more than forty days, Senate Democrats had steadfastly fought to keep these subsidies in place. However, Republicans had refused to negotiate on this matter. On November 11, eight Democrats joined ... Read More

The shutdown is about to end. Will millions lose their health insurance?

The shutdown could end without a guarantee to extend COVID-19 pandemic-era subsidies that made some health plans less expensive for millions of Americans. Read More

Solving The Challenges Of Employee Health Benefits: The North Carolina State Health Plan Story

The North Carolina State Health Plan (SHP) serves as the self-insured, government-run health insurer for employees of state agencies, local governments, universities, and other agencies. Covering a ... Read More

Health centers face risks as government funding lapses

About 1,500 federally funded health centers that serve millions of low-income people face significant financial challenges, their leaders say, as the government shutdown compounds other cuts to their ... Read More

SNAP benefits, health insurance still in limbo despite Senate deal to end government shutdown

There are still a lot of questions about the bipartisan resolution to end the government shutdown and what happens now. The shutdown has been going on for 41 days, the longest in U.S. history. DMARC ... Read More

Texas Removes More Than 1 in 4 Children From Health Care Plan

More than 1 million children in Texas have been rolled off the state's Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) over the course of just over two years, according to data from KFF, a ... Read More

After shutdown, federal employees face new uncertainty: Affording health insurance

Next year, average enrollee premium payments in the FEHB system are set to jump more than 12%, on top of a 13.5% hike in 2025. Read More