Selena Simmons-Duffin
Stories
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As ACA enrollment drops, hopes for Congress to restore funding are fading
ACA enrollment is down for the first time in 5 years, and people are facing enormous premium hikes. Hopes for Congress to restore funding are fading.
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Is RFK Jr.'s Administration for a Healthy America — AHA — in the works or not?
The Administration for a Healthy America is RFK Jr.'s plan to tackle chronic disease, addiction and other persistent problems. But so far it's not being set up like previous new agencies.
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Trump health care plan doesn't help people facing skyrocketing ACA premiums
President Trump announced a plan that addresses drug costs and health savings accounts, but not the health insurance premium spikes that millions of Americans are facing.
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Marrying for health insurance? The ACA cost crisis forces some drastic choices
While Congress debates bringing back Affordable Care Act subsidies, many Americans have already made life-altering decisions to afford health care.
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Soaring health insurance premiums are forcing people to make major life changes
People are making major life changes to pay for their skyrocketing health insurance premiums, as Congress continues to try to make a deal to reinstate financial help for those insured through the ACA.
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Trump's push to end transgender care for young people opposed by pediatricians
Doctors and children's hospitals say nothing in the evidence has changed to justify the Trump administration's efforts to ban gender-affirming care for teens and tweens.
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RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
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Here's who is hurt most as ACA premiums are set to skyrocket on Jan. 1
Congress is taking some action on the ACA. Here's where things stand for the people who rely on Obamacare health insurance.
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Senate to vote on competing health care proposals as ACA subsidies deadline approaches
Democrats and Republicans have put forward competing health care bills in Congress to address rising costs, but both are expected to fail.
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HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
