What Will the Mid-Terms Mean for Health Care in the United States?
Voters consistently rank health care as one of the most important issues in this election.
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Benchmark ACA Premiums Will Be 16 Percent Higher Due to the GOP’s Actions
In a new analysis, researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation looked at the cumulative effects of the Republican Party's actions on health insurance premiums.
A New Government Report Finds the Trump Administration Could Do a Better Job Running Healthcare.gov
In 2018, 8.7 million people bought their non-group health insurance through healthcare.gov—down from 9.2 million people in 2017.
A New Report Shows That Ohio’s 2013 Medicaid Expansion Helped Nearly 300,000 People Get Work
Over 83 percent of employed Ohioans who were continuously enrolled in Medicaid said the program helped enable them to hold down jobs.
Out-of-Network Claims Are Very Common—and Very Costly
A new Kaiser Family Foundation report illustrates the toll of out-of-network charges.
Can a New Generation of Med Students Help Push Medicare for All?
Inside the growing activist energy among current and recent med students.
These Charts Illustrate Who’s Most Affected by Obamacare Instability
It's middle-income people who aren't eligible for subsidies.
The Trump Administration Unveils the Final Version of Its Short-Term Insurance Rule
Short-term insurance plans, which are not subject to the Affordable Care Act's regulations, are often cheaper for healthy consumers.
Premiums Would Go Down If Every State Passed Individual Mandates
Researchers find that implementing state-level individual mandates across the U.S. would drop the number of uninsured by nearly four million people by 2022.
Language About Sex Discrimination Has Disappeared From Government Websites Concerning Obamacare
Advocacy groups worry that the language removals might foreshadow new policies from the Department of Health and Human Services.