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A Tourist Ended Up With a Wild Bat in Her Mouth — And Nearly $21,000 in Medical Bills

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

Venus Williams Just Played in Her First Professional Tennis Tournament in Years — to Keep Her Health Insurance

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.)

Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as subsidies expire and insurers hike premiums

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

Republicans Muscle Trump’s Sweeping Tax Cut, Spending Bill

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

‘A slap in the face’: Georgia and Arkansas’ Medicaid work rules may preview the road ahead

‘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

States Brace for Reversal of Obamacare Coverage Gains Under Trump’s Budget Bill

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

Health care has been a job market bright spot, but Trump’s budget bill looms over the industry

Health care has been a job market bright spot, but Trump’s budget bill looms over the industry

Proposed cuts to health insurance programs in the budget bill being pushed through Congress by President Donald Trump could put hundreds of thousands of health care jobs at risk — jeopardizing one of the few notably strong areas of the U.S. job market. Congressional Republicans are advancing a budget plan that would cause nearly 8

The Price You Pay for an Obamacare Plan Could Surge Next Year

The Price You Pay for an Obamacare Plan Could Surge Next Year

MIAMI — Josefina Muralles works a part-time overnight shift as a receptionist at a Miami Beach condominium so that during the day she can care for her three kids, her aging mother, and her brother, who is paralyzed. She helps her mother feed, bathe, and give medicine to her adult brother, Rodrigo Muralles, who has