The Latest Breaking News from Affordable Care Act

Centene’s recent stock drop is closely linked to a combination of higher-than-expected medical costs amid challenging trends in the Affordable Care Act market and anticipation of the scheduled end to enhanced subsidies.

Rising health care costs are about to hit millions of Americans hard. Personal finance expert Suze Orman is sounding the alarm as temporary Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire in 2026 — a change that could cause premiums to jump by more than 75%, according to KFF.

Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.

The big tax and spending package President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, will cut government spending on health care by more than US$1 trillion over the next decade.

On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 ruling that preserves free preventive care under the Affordable Care Act, a popular benefit that helps approximately 150 million Americans stay healthy.

President Donald Trump has promised not to cut Medicaid many times over the past decade, including in the tax-and-spending legislative package he has made a top priority in his second administration.

US President Donald Trump's tax cut bill could increase the federal deficit by trillions of dollars and strip 11 million Americans of health insurance coverage, primarily Medicaid, through 2034.

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a key preventive care provision of the Affordable Care Act

Many Americans were relieved when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law’s third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision permitted widely supported policies to continue, such as ensuring health coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, allowing coverage for dependents up to age 26…