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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 weeks agoUS politics
Looming health insurance spikes for millions are at the heart of the government shutdown
Expiration of expanded ACA tax credits would sharply raise premiums for millions and coincide with Medicaid payment cuts amid partisan conflict during a government shutdown.
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fromFortune
1 week agoThe 'quiet alarm bell' on U.S. health costs: Employers are backed into a corner, and workers are paying the price | Fortune
Employer-sponsored family premiums rose to about $26,993 in 2025, straining employers and workers and prompting likely cost shifting and tighter drug coverage in 2026.
fromIntelligencer
2 weeks agoAn Obamacare Deal Could End the Shutdown. It Won't Be Easy.
This week, the current federal-government shutdown will become the third-longest ever, surpassing a 2013 shutdown that lasted 16 days. There are some significant echoes of the 2013 shutdown, which stemmed from a failed Republican effort to "defund" Obamacare just as that health-reform initiative was being fully implemented. Now the shoe is on the other foot: Democrats are demanding that Obamacare subsidies, which were significantly expanded in 2021, be extended. Without congressional action, upwards of 20 million Americans will see a huge Obamacare premium hike at the end of the year.
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