Affordable Care Act enrollment numbers are out for the first time since the expiration of tax credit subsidies spiked premiums at the beginning of the year. Arizona ranked as one of the top states in coverage losses.
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that enrollment has fallen from 22.1 million...National News
All eyes are on UnitedHealth Group's last quarterly financial report of 2025 (Q4). The insurance giant's financials are expected to signal the relative strength of the economic sector's effort to prop up much of the job growth in the American economy and respond to aggressive threats from the Trump administration.
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January 15 is the last day to enroll in a health plan offered through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace, and preliminary numbers show enrollment has dropped substantially year-over-year.
In a fact sheet published on Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services boasted 22.8 million consumers enrolled in 2026 coverage...
The federal government shutdown is now approaching a month as Senate Democrats continue to hold out for negotiations to renew subsidies that would bring down 2026 Affordable Care Act (ACA) plan premiums.
Premiums are expected to rise by an average of 30% when the open enrollment period begins this Saturday and according to data from...Arizona News
As the government shutdown continues with no clear end in sight, the extension of subsidies to stabilize skyrocketing ACA premiums approaches a November 1 deadline, when the open enrollment period (OEP) for 2026 goes live. Meanwhile, other areas of the industry are suffering as the government remains closed.
Enhanced subsidies for...CMS Rules
In lieu of extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits, the Trump administration is boosting access to catastrophic plans.
Catastrophic plans cover preventative care but carry very high deductibles. Historically, they've only been available for people under 30 who don't otherwise qualify for subsidies, but the...Arizona News
Health insurance premium rates for Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans are up substantially for 2026, across the country and for Arizonans.
Last Friday, the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions finally announced the submitted preliminary rate increases for 2026 ACA plans, as reported in early August by The Hertel...
The Trump administration has made clear that it intends to restrict enrollment in Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans, most recently with a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would implement a number of changes that are intended to lower plan costs.
However, some argue that the changes will make it...
The first Medicaid redeterminations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have been underway in at least five states since the beginning of the month. Health advocacy groups are pressuring U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to ensure that a "health equity and civil rights disaster" does not...
Over the weekend, Senate Democrats came together to pass the massive Inflation Reduction Act, which includes a proposal to give Medicare the power to negotiate certain drug prices, as well as a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies to insurers in the form of tax credits that were initially passed as part of the...National News
President Joe Biden and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took action this week to begin work on expanding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and undo many of the rules put in place by the Trump administration which erode protections within the ACA. These actions include the announcement of a special enrollment period for...CMS Rules
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a propose rule for 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters. The proposed rule would lower the user fee or Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurers to 2.25% of the premium for the coverage year 2022 and also would enable states to partner directly with the private...National News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed new rules for ACA-plans expecting to participate in exchanges in 2021.
The underlying factor uniting the various updates seems to be a push to reduce premium subsidy outlays. Among the proposals: no longer automatically renewing the ACA-plans of low-income people with...National News
Reinsurance and cost sharing reductions (CSRs) are among the top recommendations to stabilize individual markets and lower premiums.
The New Democrat Coalition, a caucus of 101 centrists, wants to work with Republicans to bring down Affordable Care Act (ACA) premiums and reverse the impact of what they consider the Trump...Arizona News
Fresh analytics from the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals the challenges older, middle-income Americans face when purchasing ACA plans without the benefit of a government subsidy to offset premium costs; data from Arizona is sure to raise some eyebrows.
The affordability of individual market premiums for older Americans making more...Arizona News
Various insurers, hospitals, and state regulators are encouraging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to continue a practice dubbed "silver loading" in fear that ending the rule would destabilize Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges.
Health insurers typically raise premiums on silver-level exchange plans to recover the...Arizona News
Democrats took the House during midterm elections, leaving a divided Congress to take on legislation. Healthcare policies and ideas were big ticket items on the campaign trail and Democrats are eager to implement their plans.
According to a CNN's exit polling, 41 percent of respondents said healthcare was the most important issue...
