Top Washington insurance News
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Health insurance marketplace rate hikes top 20 percent in most states, Cantwell says
Policy Insurers point to uncertainty over expanded health care subsidies Sen. Maria Cantwell Cantwell on Thursday issued a snapshot report on rate increase requests from insurers across the country. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) Posted September 25, 2025 at 1:50pm Facebook Twitter Email Reddit People who receive insurance through the top marketplace plan in most
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Turning Point USA Will Be “Bigger Than Ever”: Inside the Charlie Kirk Memorial Service
Tens of thousands of mourners, many in red MAGA hats, gathered around Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium in Sunday’s pre-dawn hours to honor slain conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk. Washington emptied much of the executive branch for the event, with President…
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Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona expected to draw 100,000, with Trump and Vance headlining
Police are expecting around 100,000 people to attend Charlie Kirk’s memorial service at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. The event is receiving Super Bowl-like security measures. incoming update… Coverage for this event has ended….
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Partisan stopgap funding bills fall short in Senate
The Senate shot down dueling versions of a short-term funding patch Friday before leaving town for a weeklong recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown next month. With lawmakers unable to resolve a partisan standoff over extending expiring health insurance subsidies, Senate leaders agreed to engage in a bit of
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Projected Surge in Uninsured Will Strain Local Health Systems
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter medication didn’t need to be admitted to the emergency room. “We’re going to take care of the sickest patients first,” Margo, a family medicine
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Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress acts
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic. But the credits are in danger of expiring as Republicans and Democrats clash over how to do it. Democrats are threatening to vote to shut down the government
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The Price Increases That Should Cause Americans More Alarm
Wary of inflation, Americans have been watching the prices of everyday items such as eggs and gasoline. A less-noticed expense should cause greater alarm: rising premiums for health insurance. They have been trending upward for years and are now rising faster than ever. Consider that, from 2000 to 2020, egg prices fluctuated between just under
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Considering a Life Change? Brace for Higher ACA Costs
People thinking about starting a business or retiring early — before they’re old enough for Medicare — may want to wait until November, when they can see just how much their Affordable Care Act health insurance will cost next year. Sharp increases are expected. Premiums for ACA health plans, also known as Obamacare, which many
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A Tourist Ended Up With a Wild Bat in Her Mouth — And Nearly $21,000 in Medical Bills
In retrospect, Erica Kahn realizes she made two big mistakes. The first was choosing to temporarily forgo health insurance when she was laid off from her job. The second was screaming when a wild bat later landed on her face. The bizarre encounter happened last August, while the Massachusetts resident was photographing the night sky
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Venus Williams Just Played in Her First Professional Tennis Tournament in Years — to Keep Her Health Insurance
Venus Williams, 45, hadn’t played professional tennis in a year and a half. But she played in the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, D.C. this week, and for a surprising reason. “I had to come back for the insurance,” Williams said after winning the first round. (She lost in the second round on Thursday.)
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Agriculture Department to shift more than half of DC workforce to field
Policy Department plans to drop from 4,600 D.C.-area employees to less than 2,000 Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins conducts a news conference to announce the National Farm Security Action Plan and “discuss actions being taken to protect American agriculture from foreign…
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Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as subsidies expire and insurers hike premiums
People who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could soon see their monthly premiums sharply increase as subsidies expire and insurers propose a major premium hike for 2026. Insurers that offer plans through the ACA are planning an average premium increase of 15% for 2026 — the largest increase in seven years, according
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Republicans Muscle Trump’s Sweeping Tax Cut, Spending Bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s tax-cut legislation cleared its final hurdle in the US Congress on Thursday, as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly approved a massive package that would fund his domestic agenda and push millions of Americans off health insurance. The 218-214 vote amounts to a significant victory for the Republican president
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‘A slap in the face’: Georgia and Arkansas’ Medicaid work rules may preview the road ahead
President Donald Trump is expected Friday to sign into law his sprawling domestic policy bill, which includes nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans. Dubbed the “big, beautiful bill,” the new legislation will extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and make up for them in part
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States Brace for Reversal of Obamacare Coverage Gains Under Trump’s Budget Bill
Shorter enrollment periods. More paperwork. Higher premiums. The sweeping tax and spending bill pushed by President Donald Trump includes provisions that would not only reshape people’s experience with the Affordable Care Act but, according to some policy analysts, also sharply undermine the gains in health insurance coverage associated with it. The moves affect consumers and
