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The health care affordability fix hiding in plain sight

The health care affordability fix hiding in plain sight

Fair Health Care for Every American Southwest Arkansas Radio

Fair Health Care for Every American Southwest Arkansas Radio

Four steps NC legislators can take right now to make health care more affordable

People of all political stripes agree that health care is unaffordable for too many. A major campaign buzzword this year is the “unaffordability crisis,” with health care being a f...

As health care insurance costs continue to climb, farm bureau health plans offer a lower cost alternative

Farm Bill health care plans have been offered in Tennesseefor over 75 years. (Tennessee Farm Bureau photo)Affordable Care Act subsidies from the pandemic years made purchasing heal...

The ACA Affordability Crisis Congress Won’t Fix

Pennsylvania bike shop owner John Ronca has been buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for over a decade. Last year, with enhanced ACA tax credits ena...

ACA Stress Test: Four Key Takeaways from This Year’s Open Enrollment

With data from open enrollment now coming in, we no longer need to rely on guesswork. Let’s take stock of where the ACA Marketplace stands today and what it means for our healthcar...

Farm Bureau Plans Are a Less Pricey Alternative to ACA Coverage — With Trade-Offs

Affordability, transparency: A look at large employers' top healthcare concerns

The Purchaser Business Group on Health has released new data that highlights some of the key healthcare priorities of its jumbo employer members, with—perhaps unsurprisingly—the es...

Protect Our Care: Statement: Trump’s health care affordability crisis is spiraling across the country

Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, Donald Trump is slated to host another “Health Care Affordability Event” at the White House — an utterly laughable event given the dismal state o...

Rising Health Costs Push Some Middle-Aged Adults to Skip the Doc Until Medicare

People on Affordable Care Act plans nearing retirement age experienced some of the largest price increases following the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies at the end of Dece...

Affordable Care Act enrollment projected to plunge by 5 million as costs spike, analysis shows

Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the progra...

Lawmakers call for $2.4 billion to be used for healthcare coverage for 450,000 New Yorkers

The Essential Plan is a comprehensive program for individuals with lower incomes who don’t qualify for Medicaid or Child Health Plus.

One in three Americans forced to make financial sacrifices for health coverage

At a moment when there's a lot of political attention around questions of affordability, rising health care costs are a growing concern for many Americans. That's especially true f...

Skyrocketing Health Insurance Forces Americans to Scramble for Care

Older people who are medically high risk, but too young for Medicare are facing unaffordable health insurance premiums after federal health care credits lapsed earlier this year. N...

Orchestrating Affordability: The Critical New Role of the Health Plan

Affordability won’t come from being a passive payer. See how health plans can connect networks, benefits, and experience to lower total cost.

Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds

Enrollment in Healthcare.gov and the other marketplaces is plunging by 5 million, the new paper from KFF finds. Last year, Congress failed to make a deal to keep the coverage more...

Affordable Care Act enrollment projected to plunge by 5 million as costs spike, analysis shows

Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the progra...

Cheaper, alternative health plans are having a moment, but critics urge caution

Congress' decision not to extend enhanced marketplace tax credits has boosted the appeal of alternative health coverage with lower monthly premiums.

Cheaper, Alternative Health Plans Are Having a Moment, but Critics Urge Caution

Congress' decision not to extend enhanced marketplace tax credits has boosted the appeal of alternative health coverage with lower monthly premiums. Consumer advocates dismiss the...

Health care is personal

Conservatives who want to end the ACA are a threat to my safety.

Doctors and Consumers in America Agree: Health Care Access and Affordability Rank Top of Mind in March 2026 (surveys fro...

In uncannily-timed releases of two surveys in March 2026, we see that U.S. physicians and consumers both rank health care access and affordability as the top issue they face — for...

Affordable Care Act enrollment projected to plunge by 5 million as costs spike, analysis shows

Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the progra...

Cheaper, Alternative Health Plans Are Having A Moment, But Critics Urge Caution

WEDNESDAY, May 27, 2026 — When Melanie Miller saw that her health insurance premium payment was set to nearly triple to $914 a month this year, she stopped shopping on the Affordab...

People Are Using This Tactic to Afford Rising ACA Insurance Bills

When ACA's enhanced subsidies expired, millions ditched their silver plans for bronze — trading lower premiums for deductibles that jumped over $1,000 in just one year.