Health Insurance News Trump Cuts Health Insurance Navigator Budget By 90

Feds slash the budget for program that helped 65,000 Texans enroll for health insurance

With the Affordable Care Act navigator budget cut by 90%, nonprofits are seeking ways to fund their efforts to bring more of the state’s uninsured into regular health care. Read More

States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit

Every day for nearly 18 years, Alessandra Fabrello has been a medical caregiver for her son, on top of being his mom. "It is almost impossible to explain what it takes to keep a child alive who should ... Read More

Neal: It’s up to Trump, and the pressure of rising health insurance costs, to end the shutdown

U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said higher bills for health insurance — costs the tax credits are meant to counteract for working Americans making too much money for Medicaid —that will end the impasse. Read More

States jostle over $50 billion rural health fund as Trump's Medicaid cuts trigger scramble

States are battling for their piece of $50 billion in federal rural health funding, but it's not just hospitals vying for the money. Tech startups and policy demands are raising the stakes as Medicaid ... Read More

As Trump, Congress debate budget extension, Pa. health insurance costs hang in balance

Nearly half a million Pennsylvanians are on track to see their health insurance premiums double, triple, or even quintuple in price starting next year – and it remains unclear if there’s the political ... Read More

Without Obamacare subsidies, this couple's insurance premiums are set to go up almost $2,000

The subsidies are a key sticking point in the government shutdown: Democrats in Congress say that in order to secure their votes to reopen the government, they must be extended. Read More

Schumer: Trump, GOP leaders are ‘divided’ over health insurance subsidies in funding bill

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) said a rift is emerging between President Trump and GOP leaders in Congress about whether to use a short-term government funding bill to prevent health ... Read More

Walz calls out Trump for rising health insurance costs

Minnesotans who buy their own health insurance will pay more out of pocket next year because of double-digit premium increases, and Gov. Tim Walz is blaming his political foes for their plight. The ... Read More