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Biden administration to appeal ruling against free preventive health services
The notice came a day after U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued an order that immediately invalidates nationwide the ACA’s guarantee of preventive services.
Texas judge invalidates ACA promise of free preventive health services
Thursday’s opinion, in a 2020 lawsuit brought by a group of Christian businesses, applies nationwide immediately, but its practical impact is murky.
Millions poised to lose Medicaid as pandemic coverage protections end
States will begin this week to sever an anticipated 15 million low-income Americans from Medicaid rolls that ballooned during the pandemic.
Millions poised to lose Medicaid as pandemic coverage protections end
States will begin this week to sever an anticipated 15 million low-income Americans from Medicaid rolls that ballooned during the pandemic.
Biden marks ACA’s anniversary by lambasting Republican budget ideas
President Biden celebrated the Affordable Care Act’s 13th anniversary by lauding the expansion of insurance coverage to tens of millions more Americans.
Long-covid symptoms are less common now than earlier in the pandemic
The findings also show that patients with certain underlying medical conditions have twice the odds as previously healthy people of seeking care for long covid.
With Obama looking on, White House to open ACA plans to more families
The announcement will represent President Biden’s latest effort to use the ACA to advance his goal of making health insurance more available and affordable.
Pregnant people at much higher risk of breakthrough covid, study shows
The analysis, based on medical records of nearly 14 million U.S. patients since coronavirus immunization became available, found that pregnant people who are vaccinated have the greatest risk of developing covid among a dozen medical circumstances.
Clinics, hospitals brace for end of cushion for uninsured covid care
The COVID-19 Uninsured Program is winding down because Congress has not appropriated more money.
Millions of vulnerable Americans likely to fall off Medicaid once the federal public health emergency ends
States will have to sort out who no longer belongs on rolls that have swollen to record levels during the pandemic.
