How the House spending bill would expand health care benefits

November 19, 2021 News

The Biden administration and other supporters of the spending bill’s health-care components say it would bring about the most significant expansion of affordable care since a previous Democratic Congress passed the Affordable Care Act 11 years ago.

How Do Partisan Differences Affect ACA Marketplace Participation and Subsidy Use?

October 31, 2021November 1, 2021 News

As the 2022 Open Enrollment Period opens, a recent study examines how political affiliation may affect decisions to enroll through the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces and receive subsidies.

Senate Dems working on Medicaid compromise

October 28, 2021 News

The creation of a federal Medicaid expansion program is likely not going to be in the Democrats' sweeping social safety net package. Instead, lawmakers are discussing a plan to subsidize private insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges for those who are in the coverage gap, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin told CNN.
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Lower premiums, more choices on Obamacare exchanges for 2022 as Democrats battle to extend generous subsidies

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 News

Consumers shopping for health coverage on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges can likely find lower premiums and more choices for 2022 -- as well as generous government assistance, according to a Biden administration report released Monday.
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Biden: Democrats’ spending plan is ‘a bigger darn deal’ than Obamacare

October 22, 2021 News

President Biden on Thursday said his Build Back Better plan is "a bigger darn deal" than Obamacare, paying homage to the headlines he made in 2010 after being caught on a hot-mic telling then-President Obama that th...

The Affordable Care Act Resurrected

October 18, 2021 News

This Viewpoint examines the coverage gap in health insurance in the US and its potential redress by enhancing federal outreach to the uninsured, rendering permanent the health insurance benefits of the American Rescue Plan Act, and establishing a federal health insurance program for low-income adults in states that did not expand their Medicaid programs.

John Roberts is no longer the leader of his own court. Who, then, controls it?

October 11, 2021 News, Republicans, US news, US politics

Chief justice no longer sits in supreme court’s ideological center and has lost the power to cast the deciding vote in any ruling
When Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the decisive vote in 2012 that upheld Barack Obama’s signature achievement in office, the Affordable Care Act, he reportedly did so following after a month-long campaign by fellow conservatives to try to get him to join their side.
His decision to side with liberal colleagues inspired ire on the right but it ...

Pelosi faces one big final battle

September 28, 2021 News

Nancy Pelosi has been here before.More than a decade ago, in her first stint as Speaker, the California Democrat overcame enormous odds to shepherd the landmark ObamaCare bill through the House, securing health car...

The Affordable Care Act Can Help Au Pairs Avoid Medical Debt

September 20, 2021 News

Child care workers from outside the U.S. often buy health coverage through an agency. But those policies can have big gaps, critics warn. ACA plans are comprehensive and, with subsidies, can be cheap.
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House Democrats propose making permanent expanded ObamaCare subsidies

September 11, 2021 News

House Democrats late Friday night proposed making permanent enhanced ObamaCare subsidies that give people greater help in affording their premiums.