The federal government is, at time of writing, “shut down” due to demands that Biden’s COVID Credits be extended permanently. Health insurance companies are on “an unprecedented lobbying blitz” to protect one of their major sources of revenue: hundreds of billions in taxpayer funds funneled straight from the U.S. Treasury to them. Government Spending Can’t... The post The Core of the Shutdown Debate: Subsidizing Big Insurance Companies appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
Taxpayer dollars should not go to performing abortions or subsidizing insurance plans that pay for them. However, Obamacare and the Biden COVID Credits are not subject to the Hyde Amendment, the protection against abortion funding in other health programs. As a result, taxpayer funds subsidize insurance plans that cover elective abortions. The Biden COVID Credits... The post Biden COVID Credits Fund Abortion appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has broken with her party's leadership to challenge both parties on the issue of rising health care costs, which would significantly increase health insurance premiums for Georgians if enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits were allowed to expire at the end of the year. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.| The Current
As the federal government enters the ninth day of a shutdown sparked by Congress’ failure to pass a continuing resolution which would fund the government for around two more months—with hundreds of thousands of workers going unpaid, federal loans to small businesses on hold, and the future of SNAP benefits at risk for coming months […]| Mother Jones
According to a KFF poll, a majority of Americans, including Republicans and Trump supporters, want Congress to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.| The Current
If Congress ends Obamacare subsidies, Georgia residents will face an estimated $2 billion in higher costs for health insurance, and hospitals in the state will lose $1.6 billion in revenue, according to a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.| The Current
Congressional Democrats are threatening to force a “government shutdown” unless Republicans agree to $1.5 trillion in demands attached to a continuing resolution, the cost of which is almost entirely due to increasing healthcare subsidies. These are arguments commonly used in support of the healthcare demands, along with responses to correct the record about the situation.... The post EPIC Charge & Response: What’s Really Behind the $1.5 Trillion “Alternative” CR Demands appeared fi...| EPIC for America
Background Currently, registered sex offenders are eligible for taxpayer-funded health care through Medicaid and Obamacare. Obamacare plans are subsidized by the Premium Tax Credit (PTC), which was supersized by Biden’s COVID Credits. There are approximately 800,000 registered sex offenders nationwide, 94% of whom are men. Unfortunately, these individuals demonstrably have no morals and can take... The post Stop Subsidizing Evil: Sex Offenders on Medicaid and Obamacare appeared first on EPI...| EPIC for America
This document answers frequently asked questions about Biden’s COVID Credits. Q: What are the Biden COVID Credits? Using the COVID-19 pandemic as justification, the Biden Administration temporarily expanded Obamacare Premium Tax Credit (PTC) subsidies for individuals who purchase health insurance plans on state or federal exchanges. For Obamacare subsidies provided between 2021 and 2025, the... The post EPIC FAQs: The Biden COVID Credits appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
The first of numerous federal policies that reverse recent coverage gains under the the Affordable Care Act are scheduled to go into effect on August 25, but two lawsuits have been filed to block them. CHIR's Sabrina Corlette reviews the imminent policy changes, their impact, and the legal challenges to watch.| CHIRblog
(The Epoch Times)—The Supreme Court on April 21 will hear a case about the constitutionality of a federal panel that issues mandates requiring insurers to cover preventive medical services without cost to patients. In Kennedy v. Braidwood Management Inc., the justices will consider the constitutionality of a federal law that allowed the U.S. Preventive Services […]| based underground
For women in the US, health insurance has come a very long way in the last decade, thanks in large part to the dramatic improvements and consumer protections brought about by Obamacare. This is particularly true in the individual market, where previous reforms and mandates had rarely applied.| healthinsurance.org
Signups for Obamacare on Minnesota’s official health insurance marketplace, MNsure, hit a record 167,163 people for coverage in 2025.| Mshale
The deadline to sign up for Obamacare for coverage in 2025 is January 15. Coverage will begin on February 1.| Mshale
As of the 2025 plan year, there will be 20 fully state-run health insurance marketplaces (SBMs), three state-based marketplaces that use the federal platform (SBM-FP), and 28 fully federally run marketplaces. Three of the SBMs had an SBM-FP model in 2021, but transitioned to their own enrollment platforms as of the 2022 plan year. Virginia joined them in the fall of 2023, and Georgia will also be running its own exchange platform by the fall of 2024. Illinois has enacted legislation to creat...| healthinsurance.org
Outside of the ACA's open enrollment period, you can only sign up for ACA-compliant health coverage if you qualify for a special enrollment period.| healthinsurance.org
Many of us have a bad habit of talking about and thinking about risk in entirely the wrong way. There's no perfectly safe way to go through life, and that's true with our money and true with everything else, too. There's rarely a safe option and a risky option, but instead different options with different risks. This is the story of something terrible that drove that point home for me and Mark this year.| Our Next Life by Tanja Hester, author of Work Optional and Wallet Activism
Federal penalties for being uninsured no longer apply since 2019, but some states are implementing their own coverage mandates. Find more info here.| healthinsurance.org
The new home of Brian McGlinchey’s independent journalism is Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey, a Substack newsletter. →→ Visit Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey: Invigoratingly unorthodox perspectives for intellectually honest readers My previous commentary, “Why Merely Repealing Obamacare Isn’t Enough,” was written in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s Obamacare verdict. Its aspirational title reflected my […]| LibertyMcG
