Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out?
If you want to create a perfect storm at Covered California and other Affordable Care…
Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out?
If you want to create a perfect storm at Covered California and other Affordable Care Act marketplaces, all you have to do is make enrollment more time-consuming, ratchet up the toll on consumers’ pocketbooks, and terminate financial aid for some of the youngest and healthiest enrollees. And presto: You’ve got people dropping coverage; rising costs;…
A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman Was Kept Alive in Georgia. It’s Unclear if State Law Required It.
A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her 1-pound, 13-ounce baby by emergency cesarean section. The baby is in the neonatal intensive care unit. The case has drawn national attention…
V Bento, Sword Health
I got to interview V Bento the CEO of Sword Health. We had been in a little back and forth on Linkedin but this was the first time we actually had talked. Almost all of their business is in the US in MSK but they have recently added mental health and V is not shy…
Change in individual market health insurance premiums
From the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker: Most ACA Marketplace insurers are requesting premium increases in the 10-20% range for 2026. But more than a quarter (27%) of insurers are proposing premium increases of 20% or more for 2026. What individuals will pay for this insurance, however, is much higher because of the expiration of the…
Experts Plead with RFK Jr. Not to Fire Key Preventive Health Panel
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly planning to dismiss all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel that decides which preventive care services are fully covered by payers. This has sparked concern from healthcare leaders who warn it could undermine access to important cancer screenings, as well as vital…
Recent Policy Proposals Could Weaken the Reproductive Health Safety Net as More People Become Uninsured
This brief looks at recent policy proposals including the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law, the Median v. Planned Parenthood decision, and the withholding of Title X funds and how they will impact the reproductive health safety net at the same time that there is an increase in the uninsured.
Recent Policy Proposals Could Weaken the Reproductive Health Safety Net as More People Become Uninsured
This brief looks at recent policy proposals including the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law, the Median v. Planned Parenthood decision, and the withholding of Title X funds and how they will impact the reproductive health safety net at the same time that there is an increase in the uninsured.
Gen Z Should Give Health Care a Stare
By KIM BELLARD Last I knew, Gen Z showed its disdain for older generations with a dismissive “OK Boomer.” But that was a few years ago, and now, it appears, Gen Z doesn’t even bother with that; instead, there is what has become known as the “Gen Z stare.” You’ve probably seen it, and may…
Measles Elimination Status: What It Is and How the U.S. Could Lose It
This policy watch post examines the United States’ measles elimination status, including what it means to eliminate measles, whether the current measles outbreak could threaten the country’s measles elimination status, and what losing that status might mean for measles control.
Medicare Advantage in 2025: Premiums, Out-of-Pocket Limits, Supplemental Benefits, and Prior Authorization
This brief provides information about Medicare Advantage plans in 2025, including premiums, out-of-pocket limits, supplemental benefits, and prior authorization, as well as trends over time.
