There is growing momentum within the Democratic Party to find its next ObamaCare heading into the midterms, as healthcare costs become more untenable and American anger over affordability persists. Healthcare has consistently ranked as a top issue for voters heading into this year’s midterm elections. June polling from Emerson College found that healthcare ranked in the top five issues for...
Newly released state enrollment data show ObamaCare coverage losses could be even more severe than initially anticipated, due to Congress's unwillingness to renew enhanced subsidies. Monthly enrollment data through April from Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico and New York showed a significant number of people canceled their coverage or did not pay their premium bills after signing up for coverage in 2026, according to an analysis from Georgetown University. Federal of...
An influential conservative think tank contends that a quarter of all ObamaCare exchange enrollments were improper, adding more fuel to claims from the Trump administration and GOP lawmakers that the exchanges are rife with fraud. The Paragon Health Institute's report found more than 6 million people were improperly enrolled in the health law’s exchanges in 2026. The report also argued taxpayers will improperly subsidize the Affordable Care Act program by nearly $25...
Roughly 5 million people could lose coverage from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace this year after the enhanced premium tax credits expired in 2025, according to the latest analysis from KFF. Last year marked four consecutive years of record growth in enrollment from the ACA Marketplace, due in large part to the enhanced premium...
Alaskans have been hit hard by the healthcare cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and lapsed Obamacare subsidies, presenting a prime target for Democrats seeking to oust Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan from office. A Democratic ad campaign released late last month accused Sullivan of voting to raise health insurance premiums in Alaska by...
State ObamaCare marketplaces are starting to feel tremors from the GOP-controlled Congress's ending of enhanced subsidies, as millions of Americans are dropping coverage. Experts and state officials say the impact varies from state to state, but enrollment decline is expected to grow this year and beyond, as policies from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act...
Cigna is pulling out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges in 2027, the company said, adding to the turmoil facing the individual marketplace after the loss of enhanced federal subsidies. Executives announced the decision on Cigna’s earnings call Thursday, a day when the company reported a better-than-expected first quarter, including $1.7 billion in first quarter net income. Cigna is now the second...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) advised the next Democratic president to focus on passing universal healthcare, a policy measure that has been hotly debated within the party in recent years. “We have to figure out, once we move in a progressive way, once we see a Barack Obama win, once we see a Congress win,...
Editor's note: This report has been updated to clarify those behind the policy proposal. A coalition of former congressional staffers and federal health leaders is putting forward a health care policy proposal around which it hopes Democrats will coalesce ahead of the 2028 campaign, a position it is calling "Medicare by Choice." “Medicare for All,” the proposed single-payer national health care system that would replace private health insurance,...
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...