Enrollment in plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces broke last year’s record, with particularly high growth in Florida, Texas and Georgia.
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Health Care — Updated COVID booster holds up against subvariant
How nostalgic are you willing to get? Starting this week, you can play GoldenEye 007 on your Nintendo Switch.
New data from the CDC has found that the bivalent COVID boosters made available last September were no less effective at stopping symptomatic cases caused by the XBB.1.5 strain when compared to previous mutations of the virus
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Obamacare sign-ups soar to record 16.3 million for 2023
A record 16.3 million people flocked to the Affordable Care Act exchanges for 2023 coverage, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Wednesday.
A record of over 16 million people signed up for insurance through Obamacare
More than 16.3 million people enrolled in a health plan through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the most recent open enrollment period, marking the highest number of enrollees since the program was signed into law 10 years ago.
This record amount of enrollments occurred between Nov. 1 and Jan. 15 and represented nearly 2 million more people than the number that enrolled the previous year. According to the White House, 3.6 million people, or 22 percent of those who signed up...
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‘Fill-the-gaps’ programs can’t replace Liberal promise of pharmacare, advocates say
As pressure builds on the Liberals to implement pharmacare, questions are being raised about whether Ottawa’s model will materialize as a truly universal, single-payer program.
Health Care — FDA panel to look into annual COVID vaccine shots
The FDA’s vaccine committee is set to consider a recommendation for an annual COVID-19 immunization plan, similar to the one employed for flu shots. We'll dive into the details.
Plus: President Biden issues a memorandum to further protect access to medication abortion.
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57 percent support federal government ensuring universal health care: survey
A majority of adults in a new survey said that they believe it is the job of the federal government to ensure health-care coverage for all Americans, but most also prefer a private health-care system over a government-run option.
The 57 percent of respondents supporting the idea that ensuring health-care coverage is the job of the federal government is the highest mark in Gallup’s polling since 2018. An overwhelming majority of Democrats share this view in the new survey, with...
57 percent support federal government ensuring universal health care: survey
A majority of adults in a new survey said that they believe it is the job of the federal government to ensure health-care coverage for all Americans, but most also prefer a private health-care system over a government-run option.
The 57 percent of respondents supporting the idea that ensuring health-care coverage is the job of the federal government is the highest mark in Gallup’s polling since 2018. An overwhelming majority of Democrats share this view in the new survey, with...