Tag: health insurance
Alabama sees America’s highest premium spike under Obamacare
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) details the premium changes Americans across the country have experienced under former...
Donald Trump’s health care budget means deep cuts for safety net
Candidate Donald Trump promised to improve health care, but as president his first full budget calls for deep cuts to popular insurance programs. And...
More health insurance woes looming: blame Donald Trump or Barack Obama?
Another year of big premium increases and dwindling choice is looking like a distinct possibility for many consumers who buy their own health insurance...
Martha Roby: Keeping our promise
Republicans in the House of Representatives took a critical first step towards keeping our promise to repeal and replace Obamacare by passing the American...
Aetna pullout shows Obamacare on life support
While Republicans rewrite the Affordable Care Act in Washington, the immediate future of the law has grown hazier with the nation's third-largest health insurer...
Daniel Sutter: Coverage mandates and the cost of health insurance
The Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has stalled for now. The ACA’s effects on the insurance market include...
What if there’s no affordable health insurance to buy?
Leslie Kurtz needed three plates, eight screws and a big assist from her insurer after breaking every bone in her ankle while white water...
Trump administration acts to ‘stabilize’ health insurance
With a new health secretary in office, the Trump administration is proposing its first regulatory changes to the health insurance markets created by President...
Barack Obama administration confirms double-digit premium hikes
Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama's health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer,...
Barack Obama touts success of Affordable Care Act, Alabama enrollment grows
President Barack Obama celebrated his landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as "Obamacare", Thursday, which now boasts an enrollment of 20 million, according to...