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The temporary “enhanced” Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits — the ARPA/IRA-era increases that expanded eligibility above 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL) and reduced required househo...
The enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits — the larger, pandemic-era subsidies enacted in ARPA and extended by later laws — are scheduled to lapse on December 31, 2025, reverting subs...
Since the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) took effect, evidence shows : some studies document slower growth in medical spending after 2010, others document sharp premium jumps in the individual market...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) cut the uninsured rate and created income‑indexed premium tax credits and cost‑sharing reductions that capped premiums and lowered deductibles for low‑ and middle‑income ...
The only specific ACA credits identified in the sources as scheduled to change are the "enhanced" premium tax credits (ePTCs) — the post‑2020 expansions enacted by the American Rescue Plan and extende...
The U.S. experiences roughly 46,000–47,000 firearm deaths annually in recent years, which translates to about 13–14 gun deaths per 100,000 people on a national, per‑capita basis (13.7 per 100,000 in 2...
Millions of Americans would face much higher marketplace premiums and coverage losses if the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits (ePTCs) expire at the end of 2025: analyses estimate rough...
Statista’s 2024 state ranking lists Mississippi as having the highest gun‑violence rate per 100,000 residents (29.7), followed by Louisiana (28.2); Statista’s summary also lists New Mexico, Alabama an...
For 2024 coverage, premium tax credit (PTC) eligibility generally begins at 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL) and—because Congress extended temporary enhancements for 2021–2025—taxpayers with in...
Estimates in recent reporting put the federal gross cost of temporarily enhanced ACA premium tax credits at roughly $92 billion in 2023 and an estimated $138 billion in 2025, reflecting the expanded A...
The direct answer is: federal sources and expert analyses show , so there is no authoritative count of “illegal aliens” enrolled; available reporting instead documents eligibility limits and the popul...
The United States spends far more on health care per person yet has a shorter life expectancy than peer nations with universal or near‑universal coverage: Americans’ life expectancy was about 78.4 yea...
If enhanced ACA premium tax credits expire at the end of 2025, nonpartisan and research groups project millions would lose marketplace coverage: the Congressional Budget Office estimates an average of...
If enhanced ACA premium tax credits expire at the end of 2025, analysts and federal agencies project big, uneven impacts: average marketplace premium payments would rise roughly 114% (about $1,016 ann...
The best contemporaneous measurement of average premiums just before broad Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation shows , drawn from employer‑sponsored plans measured by the Medical Expenditure Pane...
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) created “enhanced” premium tax credits (ePTCs) that expanded eligibility and increased subsidy amounts for Marketplace enrollees; Congress then extended tho...
Enhanced ACA premium tax credits (PTCs) enacted in 2021 and extended through 2025 sharply reduced marketplace premiums: multiple analyses and federal data show average annual premium savings around $7...
If the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits expire at the end of 2025, enrollees who now receive extra subsidies can expect substantial increases in their monthly premium payments — ...
Universal health systems commonly extend coverage to , but the exact scope for tourists, refugees, and undocumented migrants varies sharply between countries and even within federal systems; no single...
Canada’s single‑payer “Medicare” is a publicly funded, provincially administered system that guarantees , financed mainly through general taxation with federal transfers (Canada Health Transfer). The ...