Major Medicaid and ACA Marketplace changes could be coming: What consumers need to know now

Fifteen years of the ACA: a lifeline for millions, now under threat

Getty Images. Fifteen years ago, I watched from the edge of my couch as the votes came in. I’d known the difficulty of being locked into a job I didn’t want for the sake of health care coverage, and felt the strain of ever-increasing charges for routine preventative care. So when Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced that the Affordable Care Act passed, I wept. The ACA is one of the most consequential health care reforms in our country’s histor…

Major Medicaid and ACA Marketplace changes could be coming: What consumers need to know now

Minneapolis, MN, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Millions of people who rely on Medicaid and ACA Marketplace coverage (Obamacare) could be impacted by sweeping federal policy changes under consideration. Healthinsurance.org is closely tracking these developments and breaking down what…

PLANNING AHEAD: What would we do without Medicaid?

For the past 25 years I have been writing about elder law issues — usually on a weekly basis — many of which relate to health care, health care insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and similar programs. Over the years, as readers might imagine, there have been significant changes — Obamacare, for instance, came into effect during this time. A dizzying number of proposals have been made for significant change some of which include propo…

Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. But what does Medicaid actually do? • Oregon Capital Chronicle

A woman sits with her daughters at a clinic operated by a community health center in New Orleans. Such centers rely on funding from Medicaid, which congressional Republicans want to cut. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Republicans in Congress are eyeing $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid, the joint federal-state government health care program for lower-income people. Depending on how states respond, a Republican proposal that would slash the 90%…