What Do the New Census Data Say About the Uninsured in 2023?
What do new Census Bureau data say about the uninsured? The uninsured rate remained at a near historic low of 8.0 % in 2023, per the Current Population Survey.
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The “Concept of a Plan” President Trump Proposed to Replace the ACA
Quick InsightsTrump has long talked about making the ACA less expensive, but the question is less expensive for whom
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Back to the Future? A look back at High-Risk Pools
Quick InsightsSen. Vance suggested moving higher-risk individuals to different insurance risk pools than healthier ones... What could such a policy mean for health coverage and costs?
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A Brief History of the Affordable Care Act
Quick InsightsWith Election Day just over a month away, here is a timeline of significant ACA moments.
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Protecting People with Pre-Existing Conditions
Quick InsightsIt is worth a refresher on how the ACA protects people with pre-existing conditions. It’s also worth asking whether and how an alternative would do the same.
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What did Sen. JD Vance mean by ‘Reinsurance?’
Quick InsightsVance’s debate comment likely refers to state reinsurance waivers, largely approved by the Trump Administration. These waivers aimed to lower unsubsidized premiums by offsetting insurer costs for very sick enrollees.
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Rolling Back the Big Beautiful Bill’s Health Care Provisions Would Not Provide Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants
Quick InsightsUndocumented immigrants are not eligible for federally funded health coverage. The GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill didn’t change that. Overturning the health care provisions in the law won’t either.
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More Than 3 in 4 ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in States Won by President Trump in 2024
Quick InsightsAs Democrats push for an extension of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits, new data from KFF show the extent to which states won by Trump in 2024 have come to rely on the ACA Marketplaces and the tax credits, which make health care coverage more affordable for low- and middle-income Marketplace enrollees.
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Determining Income for Adults Applying for Medicaid and Exchange Coverage Subsidies: How Income Measured With a Prior Tax Return Compares to Current Income at Enrollment
Issue BriefA major goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to significantly expand coverage and reduce the number of uninsured. Beginning in 2014, the ACA will establish a new continuum of coverage that will provide assistance to individuals with incomes up to 400% of poverty through a broad expansion in Medicaid and by making premium tax credits available to eligible individuals to purchase coverage through new Health Insurance Exchanges. The law standardizes…
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Summary of Coverage Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Issue BriefThis short summary describes the health coverage provisions contained in the final version of the Affordable Care Act signed into law in March 2010, including the individual mandate requirements, expansion of public programs, health insurance exchanges, changes to private insurance and employer requirements.