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Consumers for Quality Care Highlights Rising Health Care Costs and New Medicare Part D Protections During Health Literacy Month
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The SUPPORT Act will help mothers and infants nationwide by strengthening recovery programs, streamlining training and education for physicians, and funding substance-use disorder professionals to serve the areas with the highest overdose rates.
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Expanding access to doulas, particularly through Medicaid, will help narrow racial disparities in health and improve both infant and maternal mortality.
Michigan tops doula goal in push to improve maternal and infant health
Michigan is rapidly expanding doula access after beginning to cover the service through its federally funded Medicaid program, a shift that health...
apnews.comHealth insurance costs are going up. But Senator Husted’s proposed solution “consists mostly of raising costs or cutting benefits for low and middle-income consumers whose pay and insurance plans aren’t as good as his own.”
Ohio U.S. Sen. Jon Husted wants to "freeze" ACA insurance subsidies • Ohio Capital Journal
U.S. Sen Jon Husted wants to "freeze" insurance subsidies to nearly 600,000 Ohioans. That would increase their costs or cut eligibility.
ohiocapitaljournal.comNext year, health insurance could cost 4x more for Americans that rely on ACA subsidies.
129 Organizations Urge Congress to Pass Clean extension of enhanced ACA subsidies - National...
December 8, 2025 Dear Leader Thune, Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and Leader Jeffries, On behalf of the National Women’s Law Center and 128 ...
nwlc.orgInstead of extending essential subsidies to keep Americans insured, lawmakers are pushing costly high-deductible insurance plans that increase medical debt and force people to pay thousands of dollars before their insurance goes into effect.
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Republicans push high deductible plans and health savings accounts
A Republican call to give Americans cash instead of health insurance subsidies revives an old idea that has left millions with medical debt.
www.npr.orgMillions who rely on ACA marketplace plans could see premiums more than double if tax credits aren’t extended, according to new KFF polling.
Where the blame will fall if ACA subsidies expire, according to a new poll
A new survey of Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollees finds that many are already struggling with the high cost of health care.
apnews.comMedicare expenses continue to rise. As health care gets more expensive, an increasing number of Americans are saddled with its costs.
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What to Know About the Nearly 10% Climb in a Key Medicare Expense for 2026
The rapidly rising premium for Part B, which covers retirees’ outpatient services, reflects the fast pace of growth for health care costs...
www.nytimes.comAs health insurance costs rise, Americans with the least are hurt the most.
Senior citizens will pay significantly more for Medicare next year. At the same time, COLA payments will be lower to adjust for rising Medicare costs.
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Senior citizens will pay a lot more for Medicare in 2026 | CNN Politics
Senior citizens are the latest group of Americans to face steep increases in their health insurance premiums for 2026.
us.cnn.comInsurers, expecting a costlier pool of customers, have hiked up prices for health care drastically.
As Congress refuses to extend tax credits that make care affordable, access is becoming increasingly out of reach for those who need it.
These families' health care costs will balloon if Congress doesn't act on the ACA
Millions of Americans face sharply rising costs for health care plans they bought through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, unless Congress acts...
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