"Dr. Oz’s new proposal would allow one kind of health plan to raise the annual deductible to more than $15,000 for an individual and $31,000 for a family; those are much higher than current Obamacare plans. The individual deductible would be eight times the average for someone with job-based insurance."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html
#healthcare #ACA #obamacare #insurance #deductibles #CMS #CostsOfCare
Two more states are about to jump ship onto their own #ACA marketplaces.
By 2028 over half the U.S. population will enroll via a state-based exchange
https://acasignups.net/26/02/27/two-more-states-are-about-jump-ship-their-own-aca-marketplaces
Me, June 2015: The main reason for pushing for 51 separate websites in the first place was mainly just an attempt to win over a few conservative "states rights" votes in Congress from Republicans and some conservative Democrats. There were some practical advantages to doing it this way as well (potential innovations from trying things different ways, plus a few states like Vermont and Massachusetts wanted to offer additional financial assistance beyond the normal tax credits/cost sharing provisions, and Hawaii already has an existing state law which is actually better than some of the provisions included via the federal exchange)...but on the whole, the sheer economy of scale advantages of one federal site make the downsides seem pretty small in comparison for most states. Ironically, it turned out to be a good thing that there were over a dozen state-run websites last year, because many of them helped mitigate the worst of the damage during the early, ugly days of HealthCare.Gov (as you may recall, only about 25,000 people enrolled via HC.gov in October 2013, vs. over 75,000 across the state-run exchanges).
Me, June 2015: The main reason for pushing for 51 separate websites in the first place was mainly just an attempt to win over a few conservative "states rights" votes in Congress from Republicans and some conservative Democrats. There were some practical advantages to doing it this way as well (potential innovations from trying things different ways, plus a few states like Vermont and Massachusetts wanted to offer additional financial assistance beyond the normal tax credits/cost sharing provisions, and Hawaii already has an existing state law which is actually better than some of the provisions included via the federal exchange)...but on the whole, the sheer economy of scale advantages of one federal site make the downsides seem pretty small in comparison for most states. Ironically, it turned out to be a good thing that there were over a dozen state-run websites last year, because many of them helped mitigate the worst of the damage during the early, ugly days of HealthCare.Gov (as you may recall, only about 25,000 people enrolled via HC.gov in October 2013, vs. over 75,000 across the state-run exchanges).
"In October, at the age of 63, Jean was diagnosed with ALS, a debilitating disease that will eventually leave her unable to speak, swallow, or breathe on her own. But Jean’s condition allowed her to enroll in Medicare, the federal health insurance program that covers adults 65 and older and people with disabilities."
#healthcare #insurance #ACA #obamacare #ChronicDisease #disabilities #medicare #CostsOfCare
Chaz and Jean Franklin were facing a sevenfold increase in their health premium payments with the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans at the end of 2025. Then Jean received a crushing diagnosis that will claim her life but save the couple money.
The #Trump admin’s proposed new rules for #Obamacare plans next year would shift more #healthcare costs to Americans, with much higher deductibles leading to higher #medical bills.
Under the proposal, people who rely on the #AffordableCareAct for their #HealthInsurance coverage could choose plans with misleading lower monthly premiums that would leave them exposed to medical expenses totaling thousands of dollars more than #ACA plans do now before their #insurance would kick in.
New #Trump #ACA Plans Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000
The Trump admin is proposing #Obamacare plans that it says will lower #HealthInsurance premiums. But critics warn they will make #healthcare unaffordable.
#Republicans #Congress #law #policy #insurance #AffordableCareAct #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The Admin wants to implement super-high deductible #ACA healthcare plans–
They will APPEAR to be more affordable with low premiums.
But with 8 TIMES the deductibles of average employer-based health insurance, the plans will cost the chronically ill and those with catastrophic illness or accident an enormous amount...
And spark a major #healthcare crisis as Americans already struggle to pay for increasingly expensive medical costs.
#USA #USpol #trump #affordability
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html
People's State of the Union: Alice Goldberg, telling how her ACA insurance went from $28/mo to $298/mo. "This administration is removing every safety net imaginable."
(And leading the crowd in a song/chant that she wrote. "They cannot imprison us all...")
#ACA health coverage subsidy lapse hit 22 million people. Here are some of their stories
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