Top Washington insurance News
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5 ways to find affordable care without health insurance
Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions of Americans losing their Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. But there are still ways to find care. Over the next decade, the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is expected to slash nearly $1 trillion in spending from Medicaid, the state-federal
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Health insurance CEOs grilled on high costs of care in back-to-back House hearings
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed health insurance CEOs on premium hikes, prior authorization rules and claim denials in back-to-back House committee hearings Thursday, zeroing in on how the insurers’ decisions are affecting patients right now. The CEOs of UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health Group, Cigna Health Group, Elevance Health and Ascendiun
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Farmers Now Owe a Lot More for Health Insurance
Meghan and John Palmer own Prairie Star Farm in Allamakee County, Iowa. They say rising health care costs add to the financial pressures many farm families face.(Meghan Palmer) Last year was a tough one for farmers. Amid falling prices for commodity crops such as corn and soybeans, rising input costs for supplies like fertilizer and
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4 House Republicans Join Democrats to Force Vote on ACA Tax Credits Extension
Millions of Americans’ health insurance premiums could double if the credits aren’t renewed by the end of this year. A sign that reads “Affordable Care Act Premiums Will Rise More Than 75%” during a news conference led by Democrats to call on Republicans to pass Affordable Care Act tax breaks on Capitol Hill on September
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Republicans defy Johnson to force House vote on extending health insurance subsidies
WASHINGTON — Four House Republicans broke with party leadership on Wednesday to join Democrats in overriding the GOP majority and forcing a vote on extending healthcare tax credits — a defection that underscores the party’s growing vulnerability on economic issues ahead of next year’s midterm elections. The healthcare tax credits, which were central to the fight that
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Poll: Most are satisfied with their health insurance, but a quarter report denials or delays
An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults are satisfied with their health insurance coverage overall, including most older Americans and those on Medicare and Medicaid, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. But there is an undercurrent of frustration in the findings, too, with nearly one-quarter of respondents saying they’d been
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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
