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An Arm and a Leg: How To Pick Health Insurance — In the Worst Year Ever
Note: “An Arm and a Leg” uses speech-recognition software to generate transcripts, which may contain errors. Please use the transcript as a tool but check the corresponding audio before quoting the podcast. Dan hosting: Hey there. As we started writing up this episode, the U.S. government was starting to re-open, after the longest shutdown ever.
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Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers
We’ve been here before: congressional Democrats and Republicans sparring over the future of the Affordable Care Act. But this time there’s an extra complication. Though it’s the middle of open enrollment, lawmakers are still debating whether to extend the subsidies that have given consumers extra help paying their health insurance premiums in recent years. The
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Obamacare tax credits look likely to expire as Trump rules out an extension
WASHINGTON — Inside a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday, Rep. Jen Kiggans, a swing district member who is a linchpin of the party’s narrow majority, stood up and made a plea. “Doing nothing on health care is not the right answer,” the Virginia Republican later told NBC News, summing up her message to
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Headlines for November 7, 2025
Headlines November 07, 2025 Watch Headlines Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces Agree to Humanitarian Ceasefire Nov 07, 2025 In Sudan, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said Thursday they’ve agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal to end more than two years of a devastating war with the Sudanese military. The truce was brokered by a U.S.-led group
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GOP confronts voter fear over rising health care premiums
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House’s conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act. Her cousin’s disabled son is at risk of losing the insurance he gained under that law, the caller said. “Now she’s looking
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These people will lose if Affordable Care Act health subsidies expire
TYLER, Texas (AP) — Celia Monreal worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees. Not just because it’s hard for her to see him in pain but also because she knows soon their health care costs could skyrocket. Monreal, 47, and her husband, Jorge, 57, rely on the Affordable Care Act marketplace
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California’s Health Insurance Marketplace Braces for Chaos as Shutdown Persists
California this week plans to notify Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollees that their costs could rise sharply next year unless Congress extends subsidies to help people buy health insurance. Health care analysts say the nation’s uninsured population will rise significantly if federal lawmakers do not agree to renew covid-era tax credits, which Congress authorized in
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DNC launches ad campaign on health insurance costs as shutdown fight drags on
Campaigns Committee is targeting eight GOP-held battleground districts A podium is seen by the steps of the Capitol on Sept. 19 ahead of a news conference by House Democrats. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Posted October 10, 2025 at 5:00am Facebook Twitter Email Reddit The Democratic National Committee is getting into the ad fight over the
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When a health insurance company refuses to pay for treatment, most people begrudgingly accept the decision. Few patients appeal; some don’t trust the insurer to reverse its own decision. But a little-known process
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There Are 72% More Condo Sellers Than Buyers in the U.S.
Would-be condo buyers are spooked by high costs, including rising HOA dues and insurance fees–but the silver lining is bargaining power. The gap between sellers and buyers has shrunk since springtime, though, when there were 81% more sellers. There were an estimated 72.3% more condo sellers than buyers (108,945 more) nationwide in August. That marks
