Bomb or bust? That’s the question at the heart of a recent preliminary report by the Government Accountability Office on Affordable Care Act subsidy fraud. The nonpartisan watchdog’s report (1), which dropped in early December, is based in part on findings from 2024 and 2025, when the Government Accountability Office (GAO) employed “fictitious applicants” to … Read more
Chief Health Officer John Driscoll is calling the upcoming expiration of the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies “a tragedy in the making,” warning that millions of Americans are about to be hit with higher premiums, lost coverage and rising medical debt as gridlock in Washington tightens. Driscoll, who is currently the president of UConn Health … Read more
A group of Republicans in swing districts plans to defy both House Speaker Mike Johnson and the Senate and try to force a vote on an extension of the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced health care subsidies, which expire at the end of the month. This comes as Johnson has largely opposed holding an independent vote … Read more
As the deadline to address enhanced tax credits in the Affordable Care Act expires, Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced Tuesday that two competing plans — one led by Democrats and the other by Republicans — will get votes in the Senate on Thursday. But neither bill is expected to have the support it needs … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty-two-year-old Dinam Bigny went into debt and had to get a roommate this year, in part because of health insurance premiums that cost him nearly $900 a month. Next year, those monthly fees will increase by $200 — an increase significant enough that the program manager in Aldie, Va., is resigned to … Read more