New Mexico’s health insurance marketplace has reached record enrollment, despite the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies at the end of 2025, the Albuquerque Journal reported. More than 80,400 people have enrolled for medical or dental coverage through BeWell, the state’s…
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Health insurance marketplace Access Health CT is extending its enrollment window until Jan. 31 for coverage that starts in February, according to an update on its website. The open enrollment period for qualified health plans and stand-alone dental plans began…
Enhanced ACA premium tax credits expired Dec. 31, with congressional efforts to extend them stalled and no resolution in sight. The enhanced subsidies, introduced under the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, increased subsidy amounts and expanded marketplace eligibility to households…
More than 15.6 million people have enrolled in plans on federally run ACA exchanges so far, down from about 16 million at the same point last year, CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, said Dec. 23. Dr. Oz attributed the decline…
Neither bill proposing solutions to the impending ACA enhanced subsidy expiration survived a Dec. 11 Senate vote. While Senate Democrats advocated for a three-year ACA tax credit extension, Republicans pitched an alternative focusing on health savings accounts. Both motions failed…
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Nearly 5.8 million people have enrolled in ACA marketplace plans for 2026 coverage, outpacing last year’s enrollment figures at the same point in the open enrollment period, according to new data published Dec. 5 by CMS. Americans have until Dec.…
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will bring sweeping changes to Medicaid beginning in 2027, while enhanced ACA premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of this year, creating uncertainty for millions of enrollees. California stands to…
While Senate Democrats have been gearing up to vote on their ACA enhanced subsidy extension proposal on Dec. 11, Republicans are readying their own bill. “The way the program is structured, the money goes straight to the insurance companies,” Senate…
Senate Democrats are introducing legislation to extend enhanced premium ACA tax credits by three years, according to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The bill would come to the Senate floor for a vote Dec. 11, “and every single Senate Democrat…
More than half of ACA marketplace enrollees would be likely to pick up extra work if healthcare costs increase by $1,000 per year, a Dec. 4 KFF analysis found. With enhanced tax credits set to expire at the end of…