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Health
Trump team’s planned ACA rule offers its answer to rising premium costs: Catastrophic coverage
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping set of regulatory proposals that would substantially change health plan offerings on the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year, aiming, it says, to provide more choice and lower premiums.…
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Millions may drop ACA coverage — and raise health costs for everyone else
Demonstrators hold signs during a rally for healthcare funding outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Sept. 30, 2025. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Millions of people are likely to drop their health insurance now that enhanced premium subsidies for consumers who buy coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace have expired. That could increase costs for remaining…
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Top Five Moments: Budget Committee Hearing on Skyrocketing Health Care Costs | The U.S. House Committee on the Budget
January 28, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last Wednesday, the House Budget Committee held a hearing, “Reverse the Curse: Skyrocketing Health Care Costs and America’s Fiscal Future.” The hearing examined the role rising health care costs play in limiting Americans’ access to affordable health care and driving the nation into a debt crisis. Republican members underscored the failure of Obamacare to…
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A seat on Trump’s “Board of Peace” costs $1 billion. Guess who gets the money.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The big question about President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace—which he formally announced while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week—is whether it’s a scam, a delusion, or both. Trump first mentioned a Board of Peace…
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A year after LA fires, survivors face a perfect storm of insurance shortfalls and rising homebuilding costs
See what’s changed in Altadena since it was ravaged by wildfires. Upgrade to watch the full report. One year after a firestorm ripped through Sue Decker’s neighborhood in the foothills of Altadena, California, her street is still a barren vista of empty lots and piles of dirt where tidy bungalows once stood. The block is hardly an outlier in Altadena,…
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Movies
What It Costs To Live In America’s Iconic Holiday Movie Towns
Picture your favorite holiday movie. Maybe it’s a scene from “Home Alone” in Illinois, or one of the dozens of Hallmark films set in small-town New England (even though many are filmed in Canada). You probably remember them for their snow, romance, humor, and festive miracles — they may have even made you want to visit or live in the…
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Worried about health insurance costs? There may be cheaper options — but with trade-offs
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: For the millions of Americans who buy Affordable Care Act insurance, there’s still time left to enroll for 2026. But premium increases and the expiration of enhanced tax subsidies have led to larger-than-expected costs. Concerned shoppers,…
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Worried About Health Insurance Costs? There May Be Cheaper Options — But With Trade-Offs
For the millions of Americans who buy Affordable Care Act insurance, there’s still time left to enroll for 2026. But premium increases and the expiration of enhanced tax subsidies have led to larger-than-expected costs. Concerned shoppers, wondering if there’s anything they can do, are consulting insurance brokers or talking to representatives at ACA marketplace call centers. “We’re hearing from people…
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GOP Sen. Cassidy on addressing rising health care costs and expiring subsidies
Geoff Bennett: Tomorrow, our Lisa Desjardins will break down the main alternative plan many Republicans prefer. That’s an expansion of health savings accounts. We’re joined now by the author of one such GOP plan, Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Health Committee, who also happens to be a physician. Welcome to the “news Hour.” Sen. Bill Cassidy…
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My prescription costs what?! Pharmacists offer tips that could reduce your out-of-pocket drug costs
Even when Americans have health insurance, they can have a hard time affording the drugs they’ve been prescribed. About 1 in 5 U.S. adults skip filling a prescription due to its cost at least once a year, according to KFF, a health research organization. And 1 in 3 take steps to cut their prescription drug costs, such as splitting pills…
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