Premiums up and Government Shut Down: Chaotic Open Enrollment

Alerta por posibles aumentos de costos de atención médica en CT

Alerta por posibles aumentos de costos de atención médica en CT

If Obamacare works, why is my health care more expensive?

US health care costs are still steadily rising 15 years after the Affordable Care Act became law. Many Americans are going to have sticker shock when they sign up for health insurance this year.  For the roughly half of Americans who get insurance through their work, premiums are set to grow by another 6 percent on average, up to roughly $27,000 per year for family coverage. That is a 26 percent increase since 2020. Costs have been steadily cli…

Union leader raising alarm as federal workers could see higher health care premiums

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Nearly one month on, the federal government shutdown could soon lead to higher health care premiums for federal workers and others in El Paso. Open enrollment starts Saturday, November 1, 2025. The deadline to enroll for coverage starting in 2026 is December 15. Without an end to the government shutdown, health care premiums for those utilizing the Affordable Care Act, including many federal workers, could rise substanti…

As government shutdown nears open enrollment period, health care costs to go up

As the government shutdown nears the beginning of open enrollment periods, the cost of ACA premiums is expected to increase.

Premiums up and government shut down: Chaotic open enrollment

Open enrollment for health insurance officially begins Saturday, but peoples started feeling the sticker shock of rising premiums when preshopping began Wednesday.