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With COVID-19, some states reopen the ACA marketplace for uninsured

by Verónica Zaragovia
May 5, 2020
The health plans, available to gig workers and the self-employed, are seeing an "influx of enrollment," one expert says.
About a dozen states and Washington, D.C., opened special enrollment periods for people to sign up for Obamacare.
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What are your questions about signing up for health insurance?

by Samantha Fields
Oct 23, 2019
Send them our way, and we’ll do our best to answer them.
Open enrollment starts soon for 2020. What questions do you have?
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Premiums fall again for ACA health plans

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 23, 2019
After years of rising costs, the drop is an indication markets are stabilizing.
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Some on ACA insurance plans may soon get wellness program discounts

by Erika Beras
Oct 2, 2019
More than 50 million employees in America already take part in workplace wellness programs.
Workplace wellness programs offer benefits to employees who agree to exercise or change their diets.
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Democrats launch bill to bolster ACA

by Erika Beras
Mar 27, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Democrats' bill to bolster the Affordable Care Act aims to lower premiums.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a news conference about healthcare legislation on Capitol Hill on March 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. On the day after the Trump Justice Department sided with Republican governor plaintiffs who have filed suit to strike down in its entirety the Affordable Care Act, House Democrats gathered to outline their healthcare agenda.
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Trump administration reverses course on ACA

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 26, 2019
In a filing with a federal appeals court in New Orleans Monday, the Trump administration said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down as unconstitutional. It’s asking the court to affirm a December ruling by a Texas judge,…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C) talks to reporters with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on July 18, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
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Voters in three red states approve expansion of Medicaid

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Nov 7, 2018
Democrats won the House. Republicans secured their hold on the Senate. And there was another winner in Tuesday’s elections: Medicaid. States had the choice under the Affordable Care Act to expand it. Some did, but some conservative states chose not…
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Are you covered? It's open enrollment time for health insurance plans in most states

by Jed Kim
Nov 1, 2018
Premiums for Obamacare policies have decreased but not as much as they might have.
Workers pass out informational flyers in front of a new health care enrollment center in 2017 in the Queens borough of New York City.
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Here's why Obamacare premiums are going down for the first time

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Oct 12, 2018
It's "really about returning excess profits," a Kaiser Family Foundation executive says.
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Here’s why more Americans now lack health insurance

by Dan Gorenstein
Jan 19, 2018
It's a reversal from last year, according to a survey.
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