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“If I go pick up my prescription right then, I have, you know, two extra doses and over a matter of a few months that can really build into an emergency stockpile for a few days or a few weeks, which can really be lifesaving for folks.”
—Rachel Madley
Survival Strategies If You
Lose Your Health Insurance
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Rachel Madley
Center for Health & Democracy
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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“If there are no subsidies, we’ll pay the difference. We’ll be out there paying the $1,700 a month…. You do the math. It’s a lot.”
ACA Enhanced Subsidy Lapse Could Hit Early Retirees Hardest Amid Shutdown Fight
CNBC | Greg Iacurci | October 17 2025
“In healthcare, there is no single standard to identify, quantify, track and report health equity gaps in patients, per the paper. The framework aims to address that.”
New Health Equity Framework Lays Out Steps to Identify Health Disparities
Fierce Healthcare | Anastassia Gliadkovskaya | October 17, 2025
“We recognize that quarantining is challenging for families and communities, and we continue to strongly encourage getting vaccinated, which would make quarantining unnecessary due to the MMR vaccine’s proven effectiveness for decades….”
Frustration Grows Amid Measles Outbreak Quarantines Across Several States
NBC News | Erika Edwards | October 17, 2025
“…the longer Congress waits to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which help low- and middle-income people afford premiums, the more difficult it will be to update rates before consumers start shopping for 2026 coverage on Nov. 1.”
It’s ‘Too Late’ to Extend ACA Subsidies Without Major Disruptions, Some States and Lawmakers Say
Politico | Robert King, Kelly Hooper | October 16, 2025
“We’re going to run out of money in two weeks. So you’re talking about millions and millions of vulnerable families, of hungry families, that are not going to have access to these programs because of this shutdown….”
USDA’s Rollins Says Food Stamp Funding to Dry Up in Two Weeks
Roll Call | Olivia M. Bridges | October 16, 2025
“California didn’t wait for the pharmaceutical industry to do the right thing — we took matters into our own hands….”
Newsom Unveils $11 State Insulin for Californians: ‘We Took Matters Into Our Own Hands’
CalMatters | Kristen Hwang | October 16, 2025
“The state Office of Health Care Affordability sets limits on health care spending, capping the amount that a hospital’s spending can grow each year … The rules limit spending growth to 3.5% beginning in 2025, and then lower the cap to 3% annually, starting in four years. Eight other states have targets similar to California’s rules.”
California Hospitals are Suing Over the State’s Efforts to Curb Their Spending
CalMatters | Ana B. Ibarra | October 15, 2025
“The Urban Institute published an analysis last month that found uninsurance rates among adults aged 19 to 34 would rise by 25 percent, the largest increase across different age groups.”
Who Will Get Hit Hardest by Expiring ACA Health Insurance Subsidies?
The Hill | Joseph Choi | October 15, 2025
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