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The federal poverty guidelines used for 2026 coverage are the 2025 HHS poverty guidelines; for the 48 contiguous states and D.C. the guideline for a 1‑person household in 2025 is widely reported as $1...
The federal poverty guidelines used for 2026 coverage are the HHS “2025” poverty guidelines (published for use in 2026 benefit determinations) and list a 48‑state/D.C. baseline of $25,750 for a four‑p...
The 2025 HHS poverty guidelines set the annual Federal Poverty Level (FPL) for the 48 contiguous states at $15,650 for a single-person household and $54,150 for an eight-person household, with per‑per...
The full HHS/ASPE Federal Poverty Guidelines table for the most recent update can be downloaded directly from the Department of Health and Human Services’ publication channels: the ASPE Poverty Guidel...
The federal poverty guidelines used for 2026 coverage are the 2025 HHS poverty guidelines; they list a 100% FPL annual income for household sizes and provide common percentage thresholds used for prog...
400% of the 2025 Federal Poverty Level (FPL) depends on household size and state; for the 48 contiguous states and D.C., the 2025 guideline lists the 100% FPL for a one‑person household as $15,650, so...
Nick Shirley, a 23‑year‑old YouTuber who styles himself an independent journalist, posted a viral video in late December 2025 alleging that Somali‑run daycare centers in Minnesota had been paid millio...
For the 2025 plan year, the enhanced premium tax credits expanded eligibility so there is no upper income cap: households with modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) at or above 100% of the federal pov...
In his first year (January–November 2025), President Trump pursued a high-volume agenda of executive orders and policy moves, claimed major economic wins such as “671,000 net jobs added since January ...
There is no direct, cited statistic in the available sources that states what percentage of Somali‑born or Somali‑immigrant households in the United States receive government assistance; the sources i...
For the 2025 coverage year, people must generally have household income at or above 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL) to qualify for the ACA premium tax credit; the temporary expansion that remo...
The 2025 HHS poverty guidelines for the 48 contiguous states (often called the Federal Poverty Level or FPL) list $15,650 as the annual FPL for a single person and add about $5,500 for each additional...
Public claims that “300,000 children went missing under Biden” trace to a DHS Office of Inspector General audit and political statements but lack the simple meaning of “missing” — the OIG report talli...
Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs) reported a combined $1.4 billion in recoveries for fiscal year 2024, driven largely by a record $961 million in criminal recoveries and unusually large criminal re...
Major reporting and government documents show claims that the Biden administration “lost” roughly 300,000–450,000 unaccompanied migrant children are widespread in political rhetoric, but independent n...
Donald Trump publicly announced plans to withhold federal payments from “sanctuary cities” and the states that host them, and his administration has already frozen or sought to terminate specific gran...
The immediate cause cited by critics is a Department of Education proposal to exclude nursing from the federal definition of “professional degree,” which would affect loan eligibility and forgiveness ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. does not hold a medical degree; his formal education is in history and law: a bachelor’s from Harvard, a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, and an LL.M. (environ...
The official federal poverty guideline numbers used for 2026 coverage come from the 2025 HHS/ASPE poverty guidelines; for the 48 contiguous states and DC the single‑person 100% FPL figure is $15,650, ...
The KFF Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator estimates 2025 Marketplace premiums and the dollar value of ACA premium tax credits by using actual exchange plan prices and ACA rules; it produces an e...