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

Health insurers ask GOP to fix their fraud problem — and extend Obamacare subsidies

Health insurers are admitting they have a fraud problem. It’s part of a last-ditch attempt to convince Republicans to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies that have juiced profits the last four years. Read More

Divided Republicans scramble for health care plan with costs set to soar

Trump isn’t pushing hard for a deal and conservative Republicans, who have spent 15 years trying to undermine or repeal Obamacare, are bitterly opposed to any plan to bolster the system that ... Read More

Obamacare changed the politics of health care

Next month, more than 20 million Americans may see their health-insurance premiums spike, some by double or more, when expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies expire. Also, American support for the ... Read More

ACA shoppers face sticker shock as Congress dithers on health care

With subsidies that help consumers pay their health insurance premiums set to expire, health care shoppers face staggering prices. Lawmakers are running out of time to agree on a solution. Read More

Speaker Johnson unveils health care plan as divided Republicans scramble for alternative

The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week. Now it’s the House’s turn. Speaker Mike Johnson late Friday released a package of proposal to address growing health care costs. Read More

GOP floats Obamacare alternatives as insurance costs are about to soar

Senate Republicans want to send money directly to Americans rather than extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that have lowered health insurance costs for millions of Americans. Republican ... 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

House GOP unveils narrow health care package with key deadline looming

House Republicans unveiled a narrow health care package on Friday that does not extend soon-to-expire enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies — the latest sign that Congress is unlikely to avert ... Read More

Obamacare enrollment declines as US subsidies expire

Enrollment for health insurance under the U.S. Affordable Care Act dipped to 15.6 million for 2026, Mehmet Oz, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, said on Tuesday, from ... Read More

Schumer bid to extend ObamaCare credits blocked by Senate Republicans

The Senate rejected a Democratic bid to extend expiring COVID-era Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years — dealing a final defeat to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he and his ... Read More

Obamacare enrollment jumps amid enhanced subsidy deadlock

Obamacare crunch: High initial enrollment numbers despite uncertainty over the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium subsidies is colliding with political pressure. The Senate is expected to consider ... Read More