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Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW’s Your Call on Dec. 19. Click here to hear...

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Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW’s Your Call on Dec. 19. Click here to hear...

State Exchange Directors Seeing Consumers’ Fears — In Real Time — About Obamacare Premium Hikes

I’ve been checking on the progress of the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment season, which is happening as Congress continues to debate whether...

Managing retiree health costs with comprehensive benefits

In today’s health care landscape, employers who want to provide retiree coverage face a dual challenge: Ensuring that retirees have access to high-quality...

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Complicates State Health Care Affordability Efforts

As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality...

Smarter cancer care, lower costs

Cancer can be among the most difficult health challenges for someone to face, and treatment is expensive. Cancer treatment also continues to be...

How To Pick Health Insurance — In the Worst Year Ever

Dan Weissmann As health insurance premiums skyrocket in both employer-based plans and Affordable Care Act marketplaces, millions face worse choices than ever during this...

Seguros con deducibles altos ponen en aprietos a pacientes con afecciones crónicas

David Garza a veces siente que no tiene seguro médico, por lo caro que le cuesta tratar su diabetes tipo 2. Su prima mensual...

Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers

Julie Appleby, KFF Health News We’ve been here before: congressional Democrats and Republicans sparring over the future of the Affordable Care Act. But this time...

Crunch Time for ACA Tax Credits

The Host Congress is running out of time to avert a huge increase in health care premium payments for millions of Americans who buy...

Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit

In a recent Meet the Press appearance, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) joined a growing number of Republicans who are speaking out against Obamacare....

Plan-Switching, Sign-Up Impersonations: Obamacare Enrollment Fraud Persists

Florida resident Keith Jones says his Affordable Care Act insurance plan was changed multiple times this year without his permission. Now the 52-year-old...

Out-of-Pocket Pain From High-Deductible Plans Means Skimping on Care

David Garza sometimes feels as if he doesn’t have health insurance now that he pays so much to treat his Type 2 diabetes. His...

Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.

Sarah Monroe once had a relatively comfortable middle-class life. She and her family lived in a neatly landscaped neighborhood near Cleveland. They had a...

Watch: What Do Republicans Really Want on Health Care?

Thank you for your interest in supporting KFF Health News, the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute...

Journalists Dig Into Maine HIV Outbreak and Ever-Closer End to Enhanced ACA Subsidies

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed Maine’s largest HIV outbreak to date, including the challenges in tracking transmission and treating people...