Steep Premiums Challenge People Who Buy Health Insurance Without Subsidies
Several million consumers who buy their own health insurance earn too much to qualify for government help to defray the cost.
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Trump Guts Requirement That Employer Health Plans Pay For Birth Control
With a new regulation, the administration will allow any company or nonprofit group to refuse to cover contraception by claiming a religious or moral exemption to the federal health law.
Kaiser Permanente CEO Says A Bipartisan Health Bill Is The Best Way Forward
If Republicans and Democrats work together to solve a few critical challenges in the health insurance market, it will stabilize, says Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard Tyson.
Now What? 5 Looming Challenges For The Affordable Care Act
Republicans in Congress have dropped their attempts to repeal the health law for now. But Obamacare supporters say the Trump administration is still undercutting the law in ways that could damage it.
'Millions' Fewer Would Have Coverage Under GOP Health Bill, Says CBO Analysis
The Congressional Budget Office says it won't have time to analyze all the impacts of the latest GOP effort to repeal the ACA, but it says millions more would be uninsured than under current law.
Biggest Flash Points In The Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill
The bill would make big changes to the nation's health care system by rolling back key requirements of Obamacare, including that insurers not charge more to people with pre-existing conditions.
Meet Your Friends Who Get Medicaid
Those relying on the federal government's safety net are grandmothers, the kid next door, your supermarket cashier — maybe even you.
5 Americans Talk About How A Health Law Overhaul Would Affect Them
All year, NPR member station reporters around the country have asked people how they would be affected by proposals to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Here are five of those stories.
Uncertainty Over Health Care Law's Future Hobbles Entrepreneurs
Obamacare made it easier for people to leave jobs to start their own ventures and entice others to join, knowing they could buy insurance independently. Some entrepreneurs worry that could change.
Advocates Say Seniors With Obamacare Need More Time To Switch To Medicare
Although the government temporarily waived penalties for certain late enrollees to Medicare, the deal ends Sept. 30, which may not be enough time for many to comply.