A record 24 million people have signed up for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s landmark health legislation, as the program awaits an uncertain future under a Republican-controlled White House and Congress.| AP News
Anthem and Rocky Mountain Health Plans have withdrawn their notice to discontinue a number of insurance plans mostly along the Front Range| The Colorado Sun
Michigan’s former top health official spent a year and $30 million building a system to implement work requirements for Medicaid recipients. The difficulties he encountered have him worried about 40 states and Washington, D.C., having to launch such systems by 2027.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
This is a guest column from Tom Hefty, former CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield Wisconsin, who still watches health care trends in the state like a hawk. WISCONSIN’S HEALTHCARE PARADOX New reports are out on Wisconsin health care, and … Read the rest The post Wisconsin puzzle: high health care costs, falling outcomes appeared first on John Torinus.| John Torinus
U.S. employers project a median health care cost increase of 10% for 2026, according to new survey results from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. The post Employers Project 10% Rise in Health Care Costs for 2026 appeared first on Word on Benefits.| Word on Benefits
La región es una de las más pobres del estado. En el condado de Alamosa, 2 de cada 5 residentes están inscritos en Health First Colorado, el programa estatal de Medicaid.| KFF Health News
The state is using an old source of funding to pay for a new money crunch: assisting out-of-state patients with the costs associated with abortion.| KFF Health News
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”| AP News
About 3.7 million people are at immediate risk of losing health coverage should the federal government cut funding for Medicaid expansions, as some allies of President-elect Donald Trump have proposed. Coverage could be at risk in the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid.| KFF Health News
In their ongoing quest to lower prescription drug prices, some states are forcing drugmakers to continue to sell cheaper medications to thousands of pharmacies through a federal drug-discount program.| Stateline
The Medicaid “unwinding” led to fears that the number of people without insurance would spike. But it also coincided with moves in more than a dozen states to expand health coverage for lower-income people, including children, pregnant women and the incarcerated.| Stateline
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed federal regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on consumers’ credit reports.| KFF Health News