{"id":16725,"date":"2026-11-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=16725"},"modified":"2026-11-14T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:00:00","slug":"its-open-enrollment-season-hear-reporters-discuss-aca-sign-ups-high-costs-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=16725","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Open Enrollment Season. Hear Reporters Discuss ACA Sign-Ups, High Costs, and More."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby joined WBUR\u2019s <em>Here &amp; Now<\/em> on Nov. 11 to discuss how a fraud crackdown is making Affordable Care Act open enrollment more difficult. Appleby also discussed the expected rise in premiums, deductibles, and copays for Medicare and employer-based healthcare plans on WVXU\u2019s <em>Cincinnati Edition<\/em> on Nov. 9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2026\/11\/11\/aca-fraud-open-enrollment\">Click here to hear Appleby on <em>Here &amp; Now<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Read Appleby\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/insurance\/aca-obamacare-open-enrollment-marketplace-shopping-tips-premiums-costs-cms-changes\/\">Shopping for an ACA Plan This Year? Here\u2019s What You Need To Know<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvxu.org\/show\/cincinnati-edition\/2026-11-09\/changes-you-will-see-to-your-healthcare-plan-for-open-enrollment\">Click here to hear Appleby on <em>Cincinnati Edition<\/em><\/a>, starting at 27:22.<\/p>\n<p>Read Appleby\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/insurance\/kff-survey-employer-based-health-plan-costs-rise-2026-2027\/\">Job-Based Health Plan Costs Rise, With Little Relief in Sight<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, joined CBS News 24\/7\u2019s <em>Mornings<\/em> on Nov. 11 to discuss how the U.S. may lose its measles elimination status, with cases this year more than doubling the 2025 total.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hg68gcjQfTc\">Click here to watch Gounder on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s <em>Mornings<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSNews\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed rising healthcare costs Nov. 6 on <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em>, from WUGA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2026-11-06\/georgia-health-report-rising-healthcare-costs-upend-lives\">Click here to hear Rayasam on <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/health-care-costs\/priced-out-healthcare-costs-medical-debt-insurance-disability-chronic-conditions\/\">The Cost of Healthcare Is Hitting America Where It Hurts: The Wallet<\/a>,\u201d by Rayasam and Sam Whitehead.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed ACA enrollment on KJZZ\u2019s <em>The Show<\/em> on Nov. 6. Rovner also discussed healthcare and the midterm elections on the Commonwealth Fund\u2019s <em>The Dose<\/em> on Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kjzz.org\/the-show\/2026-11-06\/aca-open-enrollment-has-started-millions-are-already-dropping-out-or-buying-down\">Click here to hear Rovner on <em>The Show<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/publications\/podcast\/2026\/oct\/with-midterms-ahead-whats-at-stake-for-health-care\">Click here to hear Rovner on <em>The Dose<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\">KFF<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/on-air\/on-air-november-14-2026-obamacare-aca-open-enrollment-measles-midterms\/\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> first appeared on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">KFF Health News<\/a> and is republished here under a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby joined WBUR\u2019s Here &amp; Now on Nov. 11 to discuss how a fraud crackdown is making Affordable Care Act open enrollment more difficult. Appleby also discussed the expected rise in premiums, deductibles, and copays for Medicare and employer-based healthcare plans on WVXU\u2019s Cincinnati Edition on Nov. 9. 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