Tag: ACA

Health Insurance Costs Crushing Many People Who Don’t Get Federal Subsidies

These increasing costs plus rising deductibles and copayments have driven millions who don’t get a subsidy to drop their coverage or turn to cheaper, less comprehensive — and sometimes inadequate — insurance. Steven Findlay, KHN Like millions of Americans in this final week of open […]

Medicaid Expansion Making Diabetes Meds More Accessible To Poor, Study Shows

“In the long run, preventing diabetic complications not only saves lives, but it improves public health and saves public money,” said Dr. Michael Bush, an endocrinologist in Beverly Hills, Calif., and president of the California chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. By Pauline […]

Drug Trade Group Quietly Spends ‘Dark Money’ To Sway Policy And Voters

That stance, however, was at odds with its financial support of another group, the American Action Network, which was heavily involved in that effort to put an end to the ACA, often referred to as Obamacare, spending an estimated $10 million on an ad campaign […]

Trump’s Latest Obamacare Attack Could Affect 52 Million Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions

52 million Americans  could be affected by the latest healthcare tripwire purposefully set off by the Trump administration, which is declining to support certain mandates that include protections for pre-existing conditions. In 2016, a Kaiser Family Foundation study estimated that 27 percent of adult Americans […]

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