Health Nov 20 How Americans covered through ACA exchanges are navigating the spike in premiums By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas
Health Nov 20 Watch 9:00 With ACA subsidies set to expire, experts offer views on cost, coverage and alternatives If the Affordable Care Act subsidies are allowed to expire at the end of the year, premiums would double for the average enrollee, with some paying over $1,000 more every month. The subsidies were at the heart of the recent… By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins
Politics Nov 20 Trump and Republicans again face a tough political battle over Obama’s health care law President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and Trump is picking a political fight before next year’s elections. By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
Politics Nov 13 Democrats are wary of GOP promise to negotiate health care after end of shutdown The shutdown ended this week after a small group of Democrats made a deal with Republicans senators who promised a vote by mid-December on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies. But there is no guaranteed outcome, and many Republicans have made clear they… By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Politics Nov 10 The shutdown deal doesn’t extend expiring health subsidies. What happens to them now? A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions of… By Ali Swenson, Associated Press
Nov 10 WATCH: Jeffries says Democrats will continue fight for health care tax credits as shutdown deal inches ahead By Associated Press Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says that Democratic senators who voted to advance a government funding bill Sunday are “going to have to explain themselves.”… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 5:00 New study suggests link between medical imaging and pediatric cancer risk By John Yang, Kaisha Young Medical imaging, like X-rays and CT scans, are routine, non-invasive and painless tools used by doctors to make diagnoses. But a recent study of about 4 million children published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the radiation… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch 6:44 Struggling rural hospitals compete for billions of dollars in federal funding By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young Health systems in rural America are struggling. Many are losing money and over the past decade, more than 100 have closed. To address Medicaid shortfalls in the “One Big Beautiful” budget bill, Congress approved a $50 billion rural health transformation… Continue watching
Nov 06 WATCH: Johnson says he won’t promise ACA vote in the House as part of a shutdown deal By Associated Press House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he would not guarantee Democrats a vote on extending enhanced tax credits for those with coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Oct 30 Medicare patients go without needed treatment as government shutdown disrupts telehealth By Ali Swenson, Obed Lamy, Associated Press The shutdown, now in its fifth week, halted funding for Medicare's telehealth program, leaving many patients without vital services. Continue reading