US EditionAffordable Care Act premiums are set to spike. A new poll shows enrollees are already struggling
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds 58% of ACA enrollees cannot afford a $300 premium increase and premiums could more than double without subsidy extensions.
- Thousands of middle-income Nevada residents may lose subsidies that reduce health insurance costs through public marketplaces, according to observers in Washington, D.C.
- Premiums for private and public health insurance plans are expected to rise by an average of 26 percent, as reported by the Nevada Division of Insurance.
- The nonpartisan health policy organization KFF states that middle-income residents could see their costs more than double due to increased premiums and loss of the subsidy.
- A KFF survey revealed that about one in four Americans with Obamacare plans may become uninsured, potentially increasing the uninsured by over 5 million.
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Editorial: Congressional irresponsibility brings higher health costs to Va.
There’s no sugarcoating the bitter pill millions of Americans — including more than 100,000 Virginians — will be forced to swallow when the cost of their health insurance explodes due to the expiration of enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act. This was a preventable crisis and federal lawmakers squandered several opportunities to either save those subsidies or allow a longer period for their expiration through a limited extension. A…
Insurance subsidies likely to expire, spiking costs for thousands in Nevada
As Congress debates whether to extend COVID-19-era subsidies to public health insurance marketplaces, advocates say time is of the essence while people are shopping around for new coverage plans during open enrollment.
NEW POLL: Max Miller, Mike Turner, Mike Carey Will Be Blamed if ACA Tax Credits Expire
KFF Poll also finds 7 in 10 Republican voters support extending the tax credits Voters will punish House Republicans like Max Miller, Mike Turner, and Mike Carey if they fail to extend the ACA tax credits before they expire at the end of the year, according to a new poll from KFF. The poll also found 58% of people with health insurance from the Affordable Care Act would not be able to afford a $300 increase in premium. REMINDER: If the health …
ACA Subsidies Prevent Market Failure in Health Insurance
As we wait for Senate Majority Leader John Thune to follow through on his promise to hold a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, an interview on NPR’s 1A makes clear how those subsidies have kept health insurance costs down for all Americans… and how health care represents a failure of free-market economics. In a nutshell (alas, 1A doesn’t have an online transcript of the conversation), the subsidies we approved during the pandemic c…
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