Preliminary numbers on Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plan enrollment shows a noticeable drop when compared to last year's figures, an early indication that allowing the enhanced premium tax subsidies to expire caused people to defer signing up for health insurance. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported on Monday that 22.8 million...
House conservatives pitch framework for second big GOP-only bill on affordability
The Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus of conservatives in the House, on Tuesday unveiled a framework for a second reconciliation bill that can pass through Congress with only Republican support, with the aim of addressing affordability concerns. It pitches housing reforms aimed at boosting access to home ownership; health reforms like reforming ObamaCare subsidies...
Initial Obamacare Enrollment Drops by 1.4 Million as Expiring ACA Subsidies Drive Up Premiums
That number could increase significantly as more consumers are faced with higher bills brought on by expiring premium subsidies.
People in the US: how has the end of Affordable Care Act subsidies affected you?
Premiums have risen for at least 22 million Americans – we’d like to hear about the impact on your household
Enhanced subsidies that have kept health insurance premiums affordable for millions of Americans who use the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expired at the end of last year.
Premiums have risen sharply for at least 22 million Americans who purchased their coverage through the ACA marketplaces using the tax credits, according to research.
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Marrying for health insurance? The ACA cost crisis forces some drastic choices
While Congress debates bringing back Affordable Care Act subsidies , many Americans have already made life-altering decisions to afford health care.
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Insurers’ time in the barrel?
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Insurers’ time in the barrel? House Republicans are summoning health insurers to Capitol Hill later this month to talk about health care affordability. © Photo credit The move comes weeks after the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies expired on Dec. 31, resulting in...
Anti-abortion groups pressure Trump, GOP leaders on ACA Hyde ‘flexibility’
A coalition of leading anti-abortion groups on Friday urged President Trump along with House and Senate Republican leaders to hold firm in demanding strict protections against ObamaCare subsidies being used to pay for abortion. The letter from Americans United for Life, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Students for Life of America and others comes just days after Trump told Republicans to be “flexible” in their demands for Hyde Amendment protections...
Here are the 17 Republicans who voted for the ObamaCare subsidies bill
More than a dozen House Republicans joined Democrats in voting for a three-year extension of just-lapsed ObamaCare tax subsidies Thursday. The 17 GOP members voting in favor marked an uptick in support for the extension compared with the previous day, when nine Republicans supported a procedural vote to advance the bill — a vote seen...
Here are the 17 Republicans who voted for the ObamaCare subsidies bill
More than a dozen House Republicans joined Democrats in voting for a three-year extension of just-lapsed ObamaCare tax subsidies Thursday. The 17 GOP members voting in favor marked an uptick in support for the extension compared with the previous day, when nine Republicans supported a procedural vote to advance the bill — a vote seen...
House revives enhanced ACA subsidies, puts pressure on Senate
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House revives enhanced ACA subsidies, puts pressure on Senate The House on Thursday voted to revive the enhanced ObamaCare tax credits for three years, in a rebuke of GOP leadership that is boosting hopes of centrist Republicans for...