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Commentary: Without Medicaid, many rural Americans risking health — Marcia Dinkins

Commentary: The attacks on Medicaid aren’t just policy choices — they’re putting people's health at risk before they ever see a physician. Read More

Rural Pennsylvanians face quadruple health insurance costs without tax credit extension | Opinion

Expiring premium tax credits threaten to price out millions from health coverage, with rural residents facing costs four times higher than current rates when credits end this year. Read More

GOP Budget Bill Will Strand Millions of Rural Americans With Outrageous Health Insurance Premiums

Editor’s Note: This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. Subscribe to get a weekly map or graph straight to your inbox. In 2026 ... Read More

Millions of Americans risk their health and homes by living without insurance

With premiums for health, vehicle and home insurance rising, many struggle to afford coverage. Too often they can't afford to 'go bare,' either. When Sadie Reimer fell and sprained her ankle on the ... Read More

How churn threatens Americans’ health

Emanuel is the vice provost for global initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy university professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Graves is a professor of health policy at ... Read More

Health insurance chaos awaits young Americans when they turn 26

When the ACA was voted into law in 2010, what’s known as its dependent coverage expansion was immediately effective, guaranteeing health insurance to millions of young Americans up to age 26 who would ... Read More

Is Trump's idea to pay Americans directly for health care possible?

Some experts worry the idea could lead to higher heath care costs for Americans. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump suggested subsidies the federal government pays to insurance companies under ... Read More

Elisabeth Rosenthal: Health insurance price hikes should cause Americans alarm

Wary of inflation, Americans have been watching the prices of everyday items such as eggs and gasoline. A less-noticed expense should cause greater alarm: rising premiums for health insurance. They ... Read More

Millions of Americans are risking their health and homes by living without insurance

When Sadie Reimer fell and sprained her ankle on the Fourth of July, she didn’t go to the doctor to get it checked out. Despite her mother’s concern that it could be a serious injury, Reimer — who is ... Read More