{"id":25519,"date":"2026-02-02T08:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25519"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:33:09","slug":"its-2026-and-youre-uninsured-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25519","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s 2026 and You\u2019re Uninsured. Now What?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Renuka Rayasam for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions of Americans losing their Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. But there are still ways to find care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next decade, the GOP\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is expected to slash nearly $1 trillion in spending from Medicaid, the state-federal program for people with low incomes and disabilities. The implementation of new work rules will cause some beneficiaries to lose their Medicaid coverage.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/uninsured-health-care-low-cost-discounts-options-advice-5-things\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/uninsured-health-care-low-cost-discounts-options-advice-5-things\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"17\" class=\"wp-image-21118\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png 500w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-300x34.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Renuka Rayasam for KFF Health News) Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,21,200,10,47],"tags":[1938,385,238,233],"class_list":["post-25519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","category-health-care-finance","category-health-insurance","category-legislative-update","category-uninsuredunderinsured","tag-aca-enhanced-tax-credits","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-uninsured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25520,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25519\/revisions\/25520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}