Health News ‘obamacare’ Enrollment Opens, As Republicans Threaten The Health Insurance Program Used By Millions

Without subsidies, these health insurance premiums are set to skyrocket by 175%

The average out-of-pocket premium payments for Obamacare are expected to double, from an average of $888 a year to $1,904. Read More

ObamaCare sticker shock begins as open enrollment meets shutdown deadlock

Congress is barreling toward a critical deadline for extending the enhanced ObamaCare subsidies at the heart of the government shutdown, and it may already be too late to shield the public from ... Read More

Fight over Obamacare subsidies at center of shutdown drags on, threatens health care of millions

A poll found that about 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health costs going up in the next year. Read More

Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums

Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters’ mailboxes and sending some to town halls to vent their frustration ... Read More

Obamacare enrollees get first look at 2026 prices as premiums soar

Premiums for Affordable Care Act coverage will skyrocket 26%, on average, next year, according to a KFF analysis released Tuesday evening, just days before open enrollment starts on November 1. The ... Read More

The battle over Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies: What to know as open enrollment looms

Here's how ACA marketplaces work, why enrollment has grown recently and what's at the heart of the US government shutdown. Read More

Some furloughed workers will return to manage health insurance open enrollment as shutdown drags on

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it will temporarily bring all its furloughed employees back to work starting Monday to manage health insurance open enrollment. Read More

Democrats find unlikely ally in MTG on Obamacare issue in shutdown fight

Marjorie Taylor Greene broke ranks with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has insisted Democrats must rubber stamp a GOP stopgap spending measure before they agree to any talks on health ... Read More

A majority of Trump supporters back extending Obamacare subsidies, poll finds

Most of President Donald Trump’s supporters back keeping enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans, the central obstacle in ending the government shutdown, according to a new poll from the ... Read More

Why Republicans Are Falsely Claiming Democrats Want Health Care For ‘Illegal Aliens’

WASHINGTON — Republicans are screaming that Democrats just shut down the government because they want free health care for “illegal aliens.” As the White House put it after Democrats blocked a Senate ... Read More