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

As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative

Premiums for millions of Americans in red and blue states are expected to more than double on average next year unless Congress finds a solution. Read More

Republicans are suddenly in a health care bind

Senate Majority Leader John Thune pledged to hold a Senate vote in December on extending the enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act premiums. Read More

GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed. Here’s what lawmakers propose now.

Lawmakers are racing toward a mid-December deadline, with Republicans hoping to present side-by-side legislation with Democrats’ plan to extend ACA subsidies. Read More

Republicans scramble for health care plan, as Democrats eye midterm battle

Republicans in Washington successfully defused the 43-day government shutdown without surrendering to Democrats’ demands to spend billions more to offset spiking health insurance costs. Read More

Health insurance costs poised to soar in Florida without Obamacare tax credits

Florida leads the nation in Obamacare enrollment, but 2.2 million people are projected to lose coverage next year. Insurers are seeking an average rate increase of 34% due to the expected end of ... 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

Open enrollment's Nov. 1 start looms over Obamacare subsidies debate in Congress

Congressional Democrats and Republicans are at an impasse on negotiating an extension of enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies during the government shutdown, but they agree on one thing: Time to act ... Read More

Your Health Idaho’s Open Enrollment begins: Insurance premiums set to double for 117,000 as tax credits near expiration

IDAHO (KIFI) — Idaho is the first state in the nation to open its Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplace enrollment starting October 15. But the opening is marked by uncertainty due to ... Read More

Obamacare Is Expensive. But So Is All Health Insurance.

The main difference is that most Americans don’t confront the full cost of their coverage. By Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz The authors have been covering the high cost of American health care ... Read More