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C贸mo hacer que un plan de salud con deducible alto funcione para t铆
Los planes con deducibles altos pueden ser un problema si la persona necesita atenci贸n m茅dica constante o sufre un crisis de salud inesperada.
How To Make a High-Deductible Health Plan Work for You
Lower premiums often mean higher costs when you get sick and need care. Among the ways to plan ahead and soften the financial hit: health savings accounts, which act like a medical piggy bank.
In the Affordability Alphabet Soup of the ACA and EHBs, a Link to Higher Premiums Isn鈥檛 Clear-Cut
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Many ACA Customers Are Paying Higher Premiums. Most Blame Trump and Republicans, Poll Finds.
A KFF poll offers insights into people鈥檚 insurance coverage decisions and how those choices could play into their vote in November鈥檚 midterm elections.
Evidence Shows ACA鈥檚 Mandated Benefits Alone Don鈥檛 Drive Up Costs. The Debate Continues.
The Affordable Care Act put in place a package of benefits that health insurance plans must cover. Critics contend this mandate has jacked up premiums. Evidence supporting that claim is mixed.
Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay 鈥 And It Costs All of Us
Health care prices are on the rise, and patients are flummoxed that even insurance companies aren鈥檛 doing more to control costs.
鈥楰ind of Morbid鈥: Health Premiums Threaten Their Nest Egg. A Terminal Diagnosis May Spare It.
Chaz and Jean Franklin were facing a sevenfold increase in their health premium payments with the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans at the end of 2025. Then Jean received a crushing diagnosis that will claim her life but save the couple money.
Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care
The state recently became the third to offer a public option health plan through its Affordable Care Act marketplace. But researchers said it鈥檚 unlikely to fill the gaps left by sweeping changes at the federal level.
Obamacare: el impacto de los costos en las inscripciones no se conocer谩 hasta dentro de varios meses
Los subsidios mejorados, que redujeron el porcentaje del ingreso familiar que se deb铆a pagar por la atenci贸n m茅dica y eliminaron el l铆mite de ingresos para calificar, expiraron a fines del a帽o pasado.
Obamacare Sign-Ups Drop, but the Extent Won鈥檛 Be Clear for Months
Experts say Affordable Care Act sign-up data won鈥檛 be clear until people who were enrolled have paid 鈥 or haven’t paid 鈥 their new, often much higher, premiums.
Ante el aumento en los precios del seguro m茅dico, las familias enfrentan decisiones dif铆ciles
Millones de personas de clase media con planes de salud de ACA enfrentan aumentos dr谩sticos en las primas en 2026, al no contar con el respaldo de los subsidios mejorados que el Congreso no ha renovado.
As Insurance Prices Rise, Families Puzzle Over Options
Millions of middle-class Americans who have Affordable Care Act marketplace plans are facing soaring premium payments in 2026. Some people are contemplating big life changes to deal with new rates that kicked in on Jan. 1.
An Arm and a Leg: How To Pick Health Insurance 鈥 In the Worst Year Ever
As millions face skyrocketing health insurance premiums, the 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 team navigates their own limited options.
Seguros con deducibles altos ponen en aprietos a pacientes con afecciones cr贸nicas
os planes con deducibles altos 鈥攅s decir, la cantidad que los pacientes deben abonar por la mayor铆a de los servicios m茅dicos antes que el seguro se haga cargo鈥 se han vuelto cada vez m谩s comunes.
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit
The debate over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has given Republicans room to resurface old criticisms 鈥 such as blaming the ACA for mergers and consolidation within the health care industry.
Out-of-Pocket Pain From High-Deductible Plans Means Skimping on Care
High-deductible health insurance plans are increasingly common, and many more enrollees will likely need to choose such plans for the coming year. For those with chronic conditions like diabetes, the gamble can mean compromised care and long-term consequences.
Health Savings Accounts, Backed by GOP, Cover Fancy Saunas but Not Insurance Premiums
Health savings accounts can be used to cover medical expenses, tax-free. But while wealthier Americans are using them to pay for gym equipment, cedar ice baths, and hemlock saunas, poorer Americans can鈥檛 use them to pay their skyrocketing health insurance premiums.
What the Health? From 黑料吃瓜网 News: The GOP Still Can’t Agree on a Health Plan
Senate Democrats were promised a vote by mid-December on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Republicans still can鈥檛 decide whether they want to put forward their own alternative or what that might include. Meanwhile, the CDC and FDA are roiled by debates over vaccines. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join 黑料吃瓜网 News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews 黑料吃瓜网 News鈥 Aneri Pattani about her project tracking opioid settlement payments.
What the Health? From 黑料吃瓜网 News: The Government Is Open
The record-long federal shutdown is over after a small group of Democrats agreed to a deal with most Republicans that funds the government through January 鈥 but, notably, does not extend more generous Affordable Care Act tax credits. Plus, new details are emerging about how the Trump administration is using the Medicaid program to advance its policy goals. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join 黑料吃瓜网 News鈥 Emmarie Huetteman to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, 黑料吃瓜网 News鈥 Julie Rovner interviews 黑料吃瓜网 News鈥 Julie Appleby, who wrote the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature.
What the Health? From 黑料吃瓜网 News: The State of the Affordable Care Act
Nov. 1 marked the start of open enrollment for 2026 health plans bought from Affordable Care Act marketplaces in most states. But this sign-up season is like no other in the health law鈥檚 15-year history. It remains unclear, even at this late date, whether expanded tax credits launched during the pandemic in 2021 will be continued or allowed to expire, exposing millions of Americans to much higher out-of-pocket costs. In this special episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 from 黑料吃瓜网 News and WAMU, host Julie Rovner interviews KFF vice president Cynthia Cox about the past, present, and possible future of the health law and how those who purchase ACA coverage should proceed during this time of uncertainty.
