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Health-Care Subsidies Are Set to Expire This Month—Here’s How We Got to This Point

Health care is about to become unaffordable for millions of Americans. Here's how we got to this point and what happens next. Read More

As health insurance costs rise, lawmakers remain undecided on who should pay for healthcare

The U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world by far. The projected increase in the number of uninsured people over the next 10 years could result in even higher costs, as fewer ... Read More

HISTORY IN CONTEXT | Blaming the Unknown: The Origins of U.S. Health Insurance

Despite interacting with health insurance and health care regularly, the reasons for higher costs in the U.S. relative to other developed nations are nebulous and the history behind our system is not ... Read More

As millions of Americans face a steep rise in health insurance costs, lawmakers continue a century-long battle over who should pay for health care

The U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world by far. The projected increase in the number of uninsured people over the next 10 years could result in even higher costs, as fewer ... Read More

Private health insurance costs are going up: A complete guide to coverage options

If the enhanced credits currently available to Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace enrollees are allowed to expire for 2026, the Urban Foundation predicts that 7.3 million people will lose their ... Read More

A major ACA enrollment deadline is less than a week away. Here’s what to know ahead of Dec. 15

Since 2021, the federal marketplace has offered enhanced premium tax credits to make Affordable Care Act coverage more affordable. But those subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year – ... Read More

The cheap health insurance promoted by Trump officials has this catch

Robert Hays, an industrial electronics salesman in Arkansas, thought he’d purchased conventional medical insurance. So did Essie Nath, 67, a retired cafeteria worker in Wyoming. So did Martin Liz, 47, ... Read More

Obamacare credits broadened number of Floridians who could get health insurance. What now?

Florida will be the state most affected by the expiration of enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Giving up the fight for health insurance subsidies part of a deal to end a government shutdown. Many ... Read More