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Trump's 'Great Healthcare Plan' To Replace Obamacare Isn't Much of a Plan

The administration's goal to lower prices is a good one, but officials don't actually have a plan to make it happen.

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

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.

CMS pulls back limits on non-standard ACA plans in final rule

The Trump administration has finalized annual regulations governing the Affordable Care Act's exchanges, including a plan that would pull back limits on non-standardized plan optio...

Sticker shock: Missourians gamble on higher out-of-pocket costs for their Affordable Care Act plans in 2026

Bronze plan selections surge in Missouri’s Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2026, new data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show. The post Sticker shock: Mis...

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...

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...

Eroding ACA Enrollment Portends Higher Insurance Rates

An uptick in people skipping Obamacare premium payments in many states suggests the Affordable Care Act’s rising costs — driven partly by lower subsidies to help people buy plans —...

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.

Navigator cuts leave Americans with less help to find Obamacare plans

CINCINNATI — For four years, Kimberly Dudley has worked on the front line of the Affordable Care Act as a navigator, helping Ohioans solve the puzzle of buying private insurance on...

Navigator cuts leave Americans with less help to find Affordable Care Act plans

CINCINNATI — For four years, Kimberly Dudley has worked on the front line of the Affordable Care Act as a navigator, helping Ohioans solve the puzzle of buying private insurance on...

How to make a high-deductible health plan work for you

An elementary school teacher chose a low-price health insurance plan but soon realized she wasn’t clear about what it would mean for her family’s finances. “Once I got the insur...

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...

How to make a high-deductible health plan work for you

An elementary school teacher chose a low-price health insurance plan but soon realized she wasn’t clear about what it would mean for her family’s finances. “Once I got the insur...

369,000 to Lose Obamacare Coverage After Insurer Exits—How to See If You’re Affected

Cigna’s exit comes as subsidies expire and costs rise, forcing hundreds of thousands to find new coverage by 2027.

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...

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.

Democrats Have A Plan To Restore Obamacare Subsidies Next Year

The pain of millions of Americans due to the Republican Obamacare subsidy cuts could end next year if Democrats win back the House as they plan to force an immediate showdown with...

Obamacare Enrollment Drops Sharply as Costs Rise

Americans can’t afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress’s refusal to extend federal tax credits.

Health insurance marketplace feels growing tremors from GOP cuts 

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...

Op-Ed: More Americans are forced to pay Obamacare taxes

From the initial excitement around the ACA to the growing concerns about its impact on the middle class, the story of healthcare in America is anything but straightforward. Continu...

Eroding ACA enrollment portends higher insurance rates

An uptick in people skipping Obamacare premium payments in many states suggests the Affordable Care Act's rising costs are hitting home for 2026 enrollees.

NY officials push bill to save 500K Essential Plan insured from losing coverage

President Donald Trump holds up his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025. Notices go out Wednesday to New Yorkers who...

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...