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(By: Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) North Carolina’s medical debt relief program has surpassed its initial financial projections, relieving

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 ACA, government shutdown, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs

California’s Health Insurance Marketplace Braces for Chaos as Shutdown Persists

(By Bernard J. Wolfson for KFF Health News) California this week plans to notify Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollees that

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 Employer Health Insurance, GLP-1s drugs, Health Insurance Premiums, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D

Covering GLP-1s could raise premiums by 14%: Study

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Premiums for employer-provided coverage could increase by about 5% to 14%, thanks to

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Legislation

ICHRA legislation in Congress: 3 bills to know

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Republican lawmakers are reviving proposals that failed to make it into the sweeping

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 ACA, ACA Enhanced Tax Credits, Older Adults

A Steep Subsidy Cliff Looms for Older Middle-Income Enrollees if ACA Enhanced Tax Credits Expire

(By Shameek Rakshit for The Kaiser Family Foundation published Oct 8, 2025) With Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 CMS, medicare, Older Adults

Unnecessary back surgeries cost Medicare $1.9B: Report

(By: Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review) U.S. hospitals have performed more than 200,000 unnecessary vertebroplasty, spinal fusion and laminectomy