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Trump administration to send $500 payments to nearly 1 million Obamacare participants

The Trump administration is promising to send $500 payments to nearly 1 million Affordable Care Act participants in…
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Large & small #employers are bracing for what looks to be the sharpest increase in #healthcare costs in more than two decades. The cost per worker is projected to go up an average of 11% next year, or somewhat lower if #workers’ #insurance benefits are reduced, according to a #US survey released Wednesday.

#Trump #Republicans #Congress #health #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying

Employer #Healthcare Costs Are Expected to Spike in 2027

A new #US survey anticipates an average increase of 11% unless benefits are cut, the highest rate in decades. Other findings also predict a sharp rise.

#Trump #Republicans #Congress #health #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/business/health-insurance-increases.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.YgIg.mG7uLlTgrcbD&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Medicare for All: Where We’re Going and How We’re Getting There

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.truthdig.com/articles/medicare-for-all-where-were-going-and-how-were-getting-there/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medicare-for-all-where-were-going-and-how-were-getting-there

Angie Nixon illustrates that a DSA candidate is closer to Americans than Establishment Dems or Republicans.

Angie Nixon beat a $16 million opponent with organizing and economic populism. Her DSA affiliation matters less than the working-class policies voters recognize.

The Political Fallout of Medicaid Cuts: Why These Two Senate Races Matter Most

https://bluepress.blog/2026/08/19/the-political-fallout-of-medicaid-cuts-why-these-two-senate-races-matter-most/

Put together a sourced timeline: US Healthcare Costs: Why Americans Delay Care.

https://aitimeline.in/us-healthcare-costs-avoiding-doctors-timeline-4327/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=us-healthcare-costs-avoiding-doctors
#healthcarepolicy #medicalcosts #healthinsurance #USeconomy #publichealth #AffordableCareAct

#democraticsocialism #lesseroftwoevils #socialsecurity #familyandmedicalleaveact #medicare #medicaid #CivilRightsActOf1960 #votingrightsact #minimumwage #overtimepay #chip #CivilRightsActOf1960 #affordablecareact #votingrightsact #violenceagainstwomenact #overtimepay #lillyledbetterfairpayact #unemploymentinsurance #inflationreductionact #peacecorps #RepectForMarriageAct #gibill #pactactforveterans #anticapitalism #antifascism

#ThisWasNews six months ago:

Competing health care plans fail in the Senate as ACA premium hikes loom.

#AffordableCareAct #ACA #healthcare

See what else was news. Reply to comment publicly or say 'remind me in 30 days'

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The #Trump admin’s proposed new rules for #Obamacare plans next year would shift more #healthcare costs to Americans, with much higher deductibles leading to higher #medical bills.

Under the proposal, people who rely on the #AffordableCareAct for their #HealthInsurance coverage could choose plans with misleading lower monthly premiums that would leave them exposed to medical expenses totaling thousands of dollars more than #ACA plans do now before their #insurance would kick in.

#law

New #Trump #ACA Plans Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000

The Trump admin is proposing #Obamacare plans that it says will lower #HealthInsurance premiums. But critics warn they will make #healthcare unaffordable.

#Republicans #Congress #law #policy #insurance #AffordableCareAct #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Ron DeSantis will have 'blood on his hands' if HIV funding isn't restored, Democratic chair says

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-desantis-hiv-medication-funding

Consumers can continue to enroll in plans through Thurs, for coverage that becomes effective on Feb 1. After that, in the absence of any congressional action, the annual open enrollment period will be over for people signing up through the federal marketplace, & most people may have to wait until next year to enroll.

#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #HealthInsurance #insurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #subsidies #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying

The expiration of the extra #subsidies has DOUBLED the amount people will have to pay for #insurance, on average. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the result will result in 2 million more Americans becoming uninsured this year. But other analysts have estimated larger losses of coverage.

#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying

Numbers published by the #FederalGovernment on Monday indicated that 22.8M Americans had enrolled in #ACA plans starting Jan 1, down from 24.2M enrolled by mid-Jan last year.

A bipartisan group of senators has been meeting to discuss a compromise plan, which would extend some funding to consumers with more limitations. But the details of that plan have not been finalized, & its prospects for passage remain unclear.

#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #law #HealthInsurance #AffordableCareAct

About 1.4 million fewer people have enrolled in the #AffordableCareAct [#Obamacare] coverage this year in the face of soaring #premiums thanks to #Trump & #Republicans in #Congress, acc/to an early report, following the expiration of the enhanced #subsidies that helped lower the cost of #HealthInsurance for millions of Americans.

#healthcare #law #policy #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/health/obamacare-enrollment-decrease-subsidies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Attys for the #state argued that #abortion can’t violate the #Wyoming #constitution because it is not #healthcare. [um, tell that to the mothers who may die because of high risk pregnancies. #AbortionIsHealthcare]

Voters approved the constitutional amendment in 2012 in response to the federal #AffordableCareAct. The justices recognized that the amendment wasn’t written to apply to abortion but said it’s not their job to “add words” to the state constitution. [I love reasonable people.]

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More Than 20 Million Americans Are Set to Lose Health Care Coverage on January 1

https://murica.website/2025/12/more-than-20-million-americans-are-set-to-lose-health-care-coverage-on-january-1/

Over 20M Americans Set to Lose Healthcare Coverage Jan. 1 After Congress Goes on Recess http://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/30/aca_healthcare_premiums_increase_2026 #uspoli #TrumpDontGIveAShit #PublicHealth #Healthcare #Obamacare #AffordableCareAct #fascism

Drs Makary & Bhattacharya are also expected to make announcements about #healthcare that #transgender young people receive.

The pivot to the topic of transgender minors comes one day after #Republicans in the #House of Representatives passed a package of #health care bills that do not extend subsidies for people who buy #HealthInsurance in #AffordableCareAct plans.

#Trump #law #StatesRights #LGBTQ #discrimination

#MeidasTouch host #BenMeiselas reports on MAGA #MikeJohnson losing CONTROL and SHUTTING DOWN the #HouseofRepresentatives to AVOID A VOTE before the new year on the discharge petition to extend the #AffordableCareAct subsidies after four #REPUBLICANS jloined #Democrats. youtu.be/8eb2dex-trE?...

MAGA Mike SHUTS DOWN House as ...

Rep. Sarah McBride Condemns Republicans’ Upcoming Anti-Trans Votes

https://murica.website/2025/12/rep-sarah-mcbride-condemns-republicans-upcoming-anti-trans-votes/

The stunning move comes after #House #Republican leaders pushed ahead with a #healthcare bill that does not address the soaring monthly #premiums that millions of people will soon endure as the tax credits for those who buy #insurance through the #AffordableCareAct expire at year’s end.

#Democrats led by Minority Leader #HakeemJeffries of New York needed 218 signatures to force a floor vote on their bill, which would extend the subsides for 3 years.

#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #ACA

4 centrist #Republicans defied Speaker #MikeJohnson & signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a #House vote on extending for 3 years an enhanced #AffordableCareAct pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.

#Trump #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://apnews.com/article/health-care-subsidies-aca-speaker-johnson-1087a9f64168d66b2acf9082af16c253

Republicans have a mess on their hands over health care subsidies – Axios

Axios, 24 hours ago – Politics & Policy

Republicans have a mess on their hands over health care subsidies – By Stef W. Kight,Kate Santaliz, and Hans Nichols

Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson are both considering votes on GOP health care priorities next week — if they can figure out what those priorities are.

Why it matters: Democrats are unified in their demand for a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies, which expire Dec. 31. Republicans are still divided and debating their counter offers.

• Johnson (R-La.) has said he hopes to reveal a House GOP health care package early next week, though some sources are skeptical that will happen.
• Thune (R-S.D.) has promised Democrats a vote on their health care bill next week. But his conference is still in the idea stage on their counters, which are more likely to come as amendment or unanimous consent votes rather than a single broader GOP package.

Between the lines: Don’t expect any health care package to pass next week.

• The real question is whether the voting exercise in the Senate and maybe the House fuels ongoing bipartisan dealmaking — or hampers it.

Zoom in: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is circulating a plan that would extend the expiring subsidies — but with a $200,000 income cap and no zero-dollar premium packages, Semafor’s Burgess Everett reports.

• Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) told Axios he hopes a GOP package will include moving the expiring subsidies into health care savings accounts and adding his bipartisan bill requiring more price transparency.
• Republicans are also again eyeing changes known as cost-sharing reductions, aimed at lowering premiums, but could cut subsidies for some enrollees.
• Multiple senators described the conversations as broad and fluid, with no real consensus this week on any one, single GOP package. And Hyde protections continue to be a sore spot, with some Republicans demanding increased assurances that subsidies aren’t used for abortions.

In the House, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has been holding “listening sessions” with committee leaders and rank-and-file Republicans for weeks to find a consensus GOP plan.

• A bipartisan group of 35 centrist lawmakers , led by Reps. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) and Josh Gottheimer, unveiled a two-year extension of the ACA subsidies Thursday, but it doesn’t have buy in from leadership.
• “We’re going to come up with something that I think even people like Jen would support,” Scalise said Thursday.

• House GOP leaders have also discussed proposals that would not extend the enhanced subsidies, but instead expand Association Health Plans, where employers band together to purchase health coverage for workers.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Republicans have a mess on their hands over health care subsidies

#ACA #AffordableCareAct #Axios #Deadline #December312025 #GOP #healthCare #HealthSubsidies #HouseSpeakerMikeJohnson #JohnThune #MikeJohnson #RepublicanParty #Republicans #SenatorJohnThune #SenatorSusanCollins #SteveScalise #SubsidiesInJeopardy #USHouse #USSenate

How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown

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