Affordable Care Act enrollment has dropped across the United States since the enhanced federal subsidies expired. But New Mexico has record numbers of people signing up.
Most ACA enrollees cutting back on food, household needs to pay for health care: Poll
A little more than half of Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace enrollees reported cutting back on spending for food, clothing and other basic household items to afford health care, which has become more expensive. In a new KFF poll released Thursday, 55 percent of returning ACA marketplace enrollees said they are already or are planning...
What ACA enrollees are cutting back on to afford health care, according to a new poll
A new KFF survey shows many Americans who had Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance last year are struggling with high health costs
Biosimilar Competition in Oncology—Beyond Insurer Pressure
The high price of drugs continues to be the focus of policy discussions, with attention often drawn to the importance of promoting price competition through the use of generic and biosimilar versions of branded reference products. As occurred with small-molecule drugs and generics after the passage of the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984, the creation of a biosimilar approval pathway in the Affordable Care Act’s Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act was intended to lower spending on biologic...
Oz: Millions may be falsely enrolled in ObamaCare
Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), claimed in an interview published Monday that millions of people could potentially be falsely enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans. In January, early ACA enrollment figures indicated a drop following four consecutive years of record growth, going from 23.6 million enrollees to...
New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000
The Trump administration is proposing Obamacare plans that it says will lower health insurance premiums. But critics warn they would make care unaffordable.
Sanders, Mullin butt heads in Surgeon General confirmation hearing
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) lashed out against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) over Obamacare during a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday for President Trump’s surgeon general pick, Casey Means, leading to a brief but tense exchange between the lawmakers. Mullin used much of his time railing against a “broken” health care system, which he blamed on...
[World Report] Millions of Americans lose health insurance as COVID-19 era subsidies end
With the spike in Affordable Care Act health insurance costs, around 4·8 million people could lose coverage. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
We can reverse America’s decline | Bernie Sanders
It is not good enough just to criticize Trump. We must offer a positive vision that will improve the lives of Americans
At this difficult moment in American history, it’s imperative that we have the courage to be honest with ourselves.
The United States, once the envy of the world, is now a nation in profound decline. For the sake of our children and future generations, we must reverse that decline and change, in very fundamental ways, the direction of our country.
We mus...
Senate talks to revive ACA tax credits appear to be fizzling out
Talks to revive enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that expired at the end of last year appeared to be fizzling out Tuesday, with Democrats expressing little optimism about a proposal from Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) that he described as the “best and final” offer his party would make. Lawmakers had been negotiating over a proposal from...