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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.

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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.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/business/health-insurance-increases.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.YgIg.mG7uLlTgrcbD&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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.

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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.

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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.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/health/obamacare-enrollment-decrease-subsidies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Exclusive: #Drugmakers raise #US #prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from #Trump

Drugmakers plan to raise US prices on at least 350 branded #medications including #vaccines against #COVID, #RSV & #shingles & blockbuster #cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump admin pressures them for cuts, acc/to data provided exclusively by #healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors.

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https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/drugmakers-raise-us-prices-350-medicines-despite-pressure-trump-2025-12-31/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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.

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https://apnews.com/article/health-care-subsidies-aca-speaker-johnson-1087a9f64168d66b2acf9082af16c253

Though #MikeJohnson had signaled openness to allowing debate on the proposal, he ultimately rejected a bid to do so by politically vulnerable #Republicans who had hoped for a vote that would, at the very least, allow them to show voters they had tried to avoid rising premiums.

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Speaker #MikeJohnson on Tuesday shut the door on a vote to extend #AffordableCareAct subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, bucking moderates in his party who had urged action to prevent millions of Americans from facing higher #health care costs starting Jan 1.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/obamacare-subsidies-house.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Thursday the #Senate rejected 2 proposals to address the problem & an emerging #healthcare package from #House #Republicans does not include an extension, all but guaranteeing that many Americans will see much higher #insurance costs in 2026.

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Higher #costs, worse #coverage: #AffordableCareAct enrollees say expiring #subsidies will hit them hard

< 3 weeks remain until the expiration of COVID-era enhanced #TaxCredits that have helped millions of Americans pay their monthly fees for #ACA coverage for the past 4 years.

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https://apnews.com/article/congress-health-care-subsidies-cost-aca-premiums-6a69b51aee8a6b04353b914e044f4efa?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-13-ACA+subsidies

Terminally ill people urge UK government to pay pensions early https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jan/10/terminally-ill-people-urge-uk-government-to-pay-pensions-early?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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