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It's open enrollment season. But you'll see fewer ads for it than ever before.

Oct 27, 2017
The Trump administration slashed money for health care marketing and enrollment helpers.
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Trump delivers another blow to Obamacare

Oct 13, 2017
And this one lands directly on the insurance industry, for now. The president cut payments to insurers that go toward subsidies for low-income people who buy policies on the health care exchanges. Those so-called cost-sharing reductions were worth billions to the insurance industry. So what will it do now? 

Is the Trump administration aiming for a “synthetic repeal” of Obamcare?

Oct 9, 2017
For the time being at least, Congress is not going to repeal Obamacare. But President Trump knows there’s a lot he can do on his own. There are reports that he’s going to issue an executive order this week, making it easier for insurers to sidestep ACA regulations and sell more bare bones, cheaper plans […]

The CHIP funding cliff could cost thousands of kids their health insurance

Oct 6, 2017
CHIP helped insure 9 million children, and its funding expired last month. What happens next depends on where you live.
University of Miami Pediatrician, Dr. Gwen Wurm, does a checkup on Christina Brownlee, 5, at the University of Miami Pediatric clinic October 3, 2007 in Miami, Florida.
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Health care premiums for 2018 set to go up by as much as 50 percent

The cost of uncertainty: President Donald Trump's threat to Obamacare subsidies drives up premiums.
In 2018, some healthcare premiums might go up by as much as 50 percent. 
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Health insurers are looking for a little certainty

Aug 2, 2017
Assuring subsidies for low-income people could help stabilize the market, the CEO of an industry lobbying group says.
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What next for health care in the United States?

Jul 28, 2017
"There is now an expectation that people should have access to care."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks with an aide as he leaves the Senate floor following a Motion to commit vote on HR 1628 (American Health Care Act) on Capitol Hill, July 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. 
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Three global ideas that could make U.S. health care better

Jul 7, 2017
If you could have any part of another country's health care system, what would it be?
An ambulance arrives at the Accident and Emergency department of the Bristol Royal Infirmary in Bristol, England.
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Crowdfunding for your life

Jun 23, 2017
The online safety net may not be without its gaping holes.
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