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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...
Bill Gates and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have funded diabetes-related research, data and women’s-health studies that touch on type 2 diabetes (for example, a 2025 Lancet Diabetes & Endocrino...
Enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits temporarily expanded eligibility so some higher-income households can receive subsidies; most federal spending on the enhanced credits goes to pe...
The evidence on whether the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”) reduced the national health‑care spending growth rate is mixed: several analyses conclude the ACA contributed to a slower growth tr...
The temporary “enhanced” premium tax credits (PTCs) — the ARPA/IRA-era expansions that capped premiums and extended subsidies above 400% of the federal poverty level — are scheduled to expire at the e...
Evidence tying Bill Gates to a diabetes “cure” is not present in the provided reporting; instead, available sources document the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s substantial funding for diabetes- and...
Estimates vary because analysts measure different things: private insurers’ overhead (administration + profits) is commonly reported around 11–18% of premiums for employer and individual markets, whil...
Medicaid enrollment rose substantially after the Affordable Care Act (ACA), driven chiefly by the ACA’s Medicaid expansion in participating states and by outreach that signed up previously eligible ad...
The expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits (ePTCs) at the end of 2025 would sharply raise 2026 marketplace premiums and hit middle‑ and upper‑middle incomes and older enrollees hardest: KFF es...
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and other nonpartisan analyses originally concluded the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would lower deficits overall; CBO estimated repeal would increase deficits by hundre...
The key 2026 change for employer affordability tests is that the IRS raised the required contribution percentage to 9.96% of household income (up from 9.02% in 2025) for plan years beginning in 2026, ...
If Congress allows the enhanced ACA premium tax credits to expire at the end of 2025, analysts say average marketplace enrollees would see premium payments rise by about 114% in 2026 — from roughly $8...
If federal enhanced premium tax credits (the ARP/IRA expansions) expire after 2025, many states already running or planning reinsurance and state subsidy programs have tools to blunt premium spikes — ...
Federal spending on ACA premium tax credits rose sharply after Congress passed COVID-era measures: the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) expanded and increased subsidies for plan years 2021–2022, and the In...
Black and White households show differing experiences with TANF: analyses point to both for Black families across many states, and contrasting analyses report that White households constitute a plural...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has publicly acknowledged a history of heroin addiction in his 20s and says he recovered through spiritual, 12‑step approaches rather than long‑term medication; reporting confirm...
A number of states have discussed or prepared to administer federal ACA premium tax credits if Congress extends them, but available sources do not provide a definitive list of states that have enacted...
Congress faces a fast‑closing window to act before the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits expire Jan. 1, 2026; leaving them to lapse would more than double average marketplace prem...
The available evidence in the provided sources shows that major public-health bodies and peer-reviewed studies concluded social distancing reduced COVID-19 transmission and deaths—WHO continued to rec...
Providing state-funded healthcare to undocumented immigrants is framed by two competing facts: , while cost analyses generally show . Studies from 2006 through 2024 document low relative public costs ...