Apr 21 LISTEN: Supreme Court appears likely to uphold ACA’s preventive care coverage mandate By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, along with the court's three liberals, appeared skeptical of arguments that Obamacare's process for deciding which services must be fully covered by private insurance is unconstitutional. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch 7:56 Free access to dozens of preventive care treatments at risk in Supreme Court case By Laura Barrón-López, Maea Lenei Buhre The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday challenging the constitutionality of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires most private health insurance plans to cover preventive care at no cost to the patient. As Laura Barrón-López reports,… Continue watching
Dec 10 ‘Dreamers’ shut out of the health care marketplace in 19 states for now, judge rules By John Hanna, Jack Dura, Associated Press Judge Daniel Traynor of the U.S. District Court in North Dakota issued the order Monday from Bismarck, dealing a setback to a Biden administration rule that was estimated to allow 147,000 immigrants to enroll for coverage. Continue reading
Jun 12 How banning medical debt from credit reports could help millions of Americans By Laura Santhanam By banning medical debt from being included in credit reports, this proposed rule from the Biden administration aims to address increasing discontent over the economic burden that can go hand-in-hand with serious health problems. Continue reading
Mar 28 Mississippi is closer than ever to expanding Medicaid. What are the barriers? By Laura Santhanam In Mississippi, a state that reports the lowest life expectancy and highest poverty rate in the United States and ranks among the most uninsured states in the nation, Medicaid expansion could make a significant difference for hundreds of thousands of… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch 8:18 Another election year battle over Affordable Care Act threatens coverage for millions By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings The number of Americans getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act has hit a record high with more than 21 million people signed up through the marketplaces. As it has in the past, the law known as Obamacare is… Continue watching
Nov 27 Trump says he will renew push to replace ‘Obamacare’ if he wins a second term By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump threatened over the weekend to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act after failing to repeal it while in the White House, saying he is “seriously looking at alternatives” if he wins a second term. Continue reading
Sep 15 Texas schools and families struggle as hundreds of thousands of kids lose Medicaid coverage By Laura Santhanam Advocates say Medicaid’s unwinding has put affected families in a precarious situation, with research suggesting that many who have lost coverage were still eligible. But in Texas, where child disenrollment rates are among the nation's highest, state officials say they… Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 8:36 Uninsured patients say North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion is a life-changing development By John Yang, Sam Weber, Kaisha Young North Carolina is now the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The bipartisan expansion, signed into law last month, comes after a decade of Republican resistance in the state. As John Yang reports, it will be… Continue watching
Mar 31 A new ruling could chip away at the Affordable Care Act. Most in the U.S. see health care as a basic right By Laura Santhanam After more than a decade of political and legal turmoil swirling around the ACA, the vast majority of U.S. adults – eight out of 10 – say all Americans have a basic right to health care coverage, according to the… Continue reading