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Here's why Obamacare premiums are going down for the first time

Oct 12, 2018
It's "really about returning excess profits," a Kaiser Family Foundation executive says.
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Where are Affordable Care Act premiums headed?

May 4, 2018
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the Republican-controlled House voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has said the vote would increase the number of uninsured Americans by more than 20 million. Well, Obamacare is still standing, but as part of the tax overhaul, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans […]

Here’s why more Americans now lack health insurance

Jan 19, 2018
It's a reversal from last year, according to a survey.
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California consumers are buying gold health insurance plans in record numbers

Dec 13, 2017
Obamacare’s open enrollment period closes for most states Friday. Thanks to a complicated federal formula, a spike in premiums this year has given consumers who are eligible for subsidies more money to buy insurance. And early signs suggest some people in California and Washington state are going for the gold —the gold, normally expensive, plans. […]

The Cigna CEO on what happens when health care is politicized

Nov 15, 2017
But at least, he says, we're all talking about health care now.
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