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“Having just graduated college and working as an intern for a nonprofit, I didn’t have access to health insurance. So my first thought after [the accident] was not to the trauma I just faced or my own health. It was really just fear and guilt about the financial burden that I was now placing in my family’s lap.”
The Middlemen Making Money Off Medicaid
Featuring Alankrita Olson, MD, MPH
Code WACK! | Podcast Episode 322 | March 23, 2026
“The way hospitals choose to respond to ICE’s actions will determine whether or not the estimated 11 million undocumented people living in the U.S. continue to get medical care in the coming years.”
Minnesota Health Care Workers Unite for Better Patient Protection Amid ICE Crackdown
The American Prospect | Matthew Cunningham-Cook | March 20, 2026
“More than half of those who reenrolled in an ACA marketplace plan in 2026 said they’ve cut or plan to cut spending on basic household expenses such as food and clothing in order to afford their health-care costs….”
9% of ACA Health-Care Plan Enrollees Go Uninsured After Enhanced Subsidies Expire, Poll Finds
CNBC | Greg Iacurci | March 19, 2026
“No one can know exactly what their health care needs will be in any given year, so people are forced to hedge their bets in choosing plans. What plan you pick has a huge impact on what you will end up paying.”
Health Insurance Jargon Can Be Frustrating and Confusing – Here’s How to Navigate It
The Conversation | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Michal Horný | March 19, 2026
“Facing higher premiums for 2026 Marketplace plans, a growing number of consumers chose lower-premium Bronze plans – even though those plans can mean significantly higher out-of-pocket costs….”
Higher ACA Premiums Push More Marketplace Consumers Toward Bronze Health Plans
HealthInsurance.org | March 18, 2026
“…Americans suffer from a healthcare system that is insanely complicated, medically unsound, and ruinously expensive for individuals, businesses, and the nation as a whole….”
Chicago City Council Calls On Congress to Pass Medicare for All
Common Dreams | Jessica Corbett | March 18, 2026
“…we cared for a young man admitted to the intensive care unit nearly comatose, his blood sugar so high it threatened his life…. It was his second ICU admission in a month. He had recently lost access to the insulin that had kept his diabetes under control. For weeks he rationed what he had left, hoping he could hold out until he found a solution….”
We Work in an ICU — And See Firsthand How Trump’s Health Care Cuts Are Endangering Americans’ Lives
MS Now | Hasan Nadeem, Vin Gupta | March 17, 2026
“The judge also suspended the appointments of the 13 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee, who were all appointed unilaterally by Kennedy after he fired all the preceding members.”
Judge Temporarily Blocks RFK Jr.’s Efforts to Reshape Childhood Vaccine Policy
ABC News | Youri Benadjaoud, Mary Kekatos | March 16, 2026
“If policymakers are serious about protecting both Medicare and the retirement income of American seniors, addressing Medicare Advantage overpayments should be an urgent priority.”
How Medicare Advantage Overpayments Are Quietly Raising Seniors’ Premiums
American Bazaar | Sreedhar Potarazu, MD | March 16, 2026
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