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The Caregiving Crisis Is Here
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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“End of subsidies after failed legislation will have serious and damaging impact on entire sector, policy experts say.”
Obamacare Expiration Will Have ‘Death Spiral’ Effect on US Healthcare – Experts
The Guardian | Eric Berger | December 14, 2025
“Kelley Bruns said she is concerned that if something happens to their health in the next year, they could go bankrupt. While their monthly fees are low at about $25, their new out-of-pocket maximum at $21,000 amounts to nearly half their joint income.”
Higher Cost, Worse Coverage: Affordable Care Act Enrollees Say Expiring Subsidies Will Hit Them Hard
Associated Press | Ali Swenson | December 13, 2025
“The beating heart of this debate is, where are we as a country in terms of how we should help people afford their health insurance?”
Why Affordability is the ‘Beating Heart’ of the ACA Enhanced Subsidy Debate, Health Policy Experts Say
CNBC | Greg Iacurci | December 12, 2025
“It is essential to point out that neither [party’s] bill addresses the fundamental issues of why health insurance and health care costs are much higher in the United States while we suffer worse health outcomes…. We could save hundreds of billions of dollars through lower administrative costs and ensure health coverage for every American by moving to a Medicare For All, single-payer health care system.”
Senate Health Care Votes: Major Reforms Are Urgently Needed
Center for Economic and Policy Research | Brandon Novick | December 11, 2025
“Medicare coverage is changing next month as telehealth flexibilities largely disappear.”
Medicare Coverage Is Changing Next Month
Newsweek | Suzanne Blake | December 11, 2025
“Insurance premiums for family coverage have increased 342% since 1999, outpacing worker earnings and inflation significantly. Hospital services have experienced the steepest price increase, nearly doubling since 2006, driving long-term cost growth.”
Health Insurance Premiums Outpace Workers’ Pay 3-to-1 Over Last 25 Years
Medical Economics | Austin Littrell, Fact check: Keith A. Reynolds | December 8, 2025
“What Republicans are floating is less a detailed health care blueprint and more a political move built around letting enhanced Obamacare subsidies expire … In plain English, the ‘plan’ is to spend less on subsidies and let consumers pick up the difference.”
New GOP Plan Would Raise Health Care Premiums for Millions of Americans
Newsweek | Suzanne Blake | December 8, 2025
“The Hyde amendment, which restricts federal funding for abortions, has been among the issues at the center of the health care impasse in recent weeks.”
Senate Focus Turns to Health Care Ahead of Long-Anticipated Vote This Week
CBS News | Kaia Hubbard | December 8, 2025
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