Reduced ACA Subsidies May Make It Harder for Young Adults To Afford Coverage
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Considering a Life Change? Brace for Higher ACA Costs
Consumers contemplating an early retirement or starting a business should calculate how Trump administration and congressional policy changes could increase their health insurance costs and plan accordingly.
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A Guide To Finding Insurance at 26
Its a difficult rite of passage for young adults without job-based insurance. Here are some tips for getting started.
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Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos
Young adults without jobs that provide insurance find their options are limited and expensive. The problem is about to get worse.
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Even in States That Fought Obamacare, Trumps New Law Poses Health Consequences
GOP lawmakers in 10 states have refused for a decade to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. But when President Donald Trump got another whack at Obamacare, these holdout states went unrewarded.
By Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead Next on Kennedys List? Preventive Care and Vaccine Harm
Episode 408Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, is eyeing an overhaul of two more key entities as part of his ongoing effort to reshape health policy. And President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week that would enable localities to force some homeless people into residential treatment. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews Sara Rosenbaum, one of the nations leading experts on Medicaid, to mark Medicaids 60th anniversary this week.
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Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out?
The GOPs tax and spending law and a new rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make it harder to enroll in Affordable Care Act health plans, will raise consumers out-of-pocket costs, and could prompt younger, healthier people, including lawfully present immigrants who will lose financial aid, to drop coverage.
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Insurers and Customers Brace for Double Whammy to Obamacare Premiums
Consumers face both rising premiums and falling subsidies next year in Obamacare plans, with insurers seeking increases to cover not only rising costs but also some policy changes advanced by President Donald Trump and the GOP.
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In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry
The health industry couldnt persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trumps tax and spending bill for many reasons. A big one: Congressional Republicans were more worried about angering Trump than a backlash from hospitals and low-income constituents back home.
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Journalists Tally State and Local Health Care Implications of GOP Megabill
窪蹋勛圖厙 News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
Digesting Trumps Big Budget Law
Episode 405President Donald Trumps big budget bill became his big budget law on July 4, codifying about $1 trillion in cuts to the Medicaid program. But the law includes many less-publicized provisions that could reshape the way the nation pays for and receives health care. Meanwhile, at the Department of Health and Human Services, uncertainty reigns as both staff and outside recipients of federal funds face cuts. Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Bloomberg News join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Appleby, who reported the latest 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Bill of the Month feature, about some very pricey childhood immunizations.
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States Brace for Reversal of Obamacare Coverage Gains Under Trumps Budget Bill
States that run their own health insurance marketplaces fear an end to automatic Obamacare reenrollment under the tax and spending megabill would have an outsize effect on their policyholders.
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GOP Governors Mum as Congress Moves To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States
In 2017, when President Donald Trump tried to repeal Obamacare and roll back Medicaid coverage, Republican governors helped turn Congress against it. Now, as Trump tries again to scale back Medicaid, Republican governors whose constituents stand to lose federal funding and health coverage have gone quiet on the health consequences.
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Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans
Spending cuts hitting medical providers, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act enrollees, and lawfully present immigrants are just some of the biggest changes the GOP has in store for health care with ramifications that could touch all Americans.
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Thune Says Health Care Often Comes With a Job. The Realitys Not Simple or Straightforward.
Sixty percent of Americans have health insurance through their own workplace or someone elses job. But not all employers provide health insurance or offer plans to all their workers. When they do, cost and quality vary widely, making Thunes statement an oversimplification.
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With Enhanced Subsidies Set To Expire, Consumers Could Face Higher Obamacare Costs
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Q&A: What Does the Budget Bill Mean for Your Health?
窪蹋勛圖厙 News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner answers listeners questions about how the One Big Beautiful Bill could affect health care in Washington, D.C., and beyond.
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MAGA Backers Like Trumps Big Beautiful Bill Until They Learn of Health Consequences
A new poll finds that most adults oppose the GOP bill that would extend many of President Donald Trumps tax cuts while reducing spending on domestic programs including Medicaid. Most Trump backers support the plan until they learn that millions would lose health coverage and local hospitals would lose funding.
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The Price You Pay for an Obamacare Plan Could Surge Next Year
An estimated 4 million Americans will lose health insurance over the next decade if Congress doesnt extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage, which expire at the end of the year. Florida and Texas would see the biggest losses, in part because they have not expanded Medicaid eligibility.
By Daniel Chang RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldnt
Episode 401Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week did something he had promised not to do: He fired every member of the scientific advisory committee that recommends which vaccines should be given to whom. And he replaced them, in some cases, with vaccine skeptics. Meanwhile, hundreds of employees of the National Institutes of Health sent an open letter to the agencys director, accusing the Trump administration of policies that undermine the NIH mission. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.