What do London, New York, and Bermuda all have in common? If you ask Jamie Cuffe, the answer is that each is a major insurance hub. Cuffe grew up across all three cities, as his father worked for Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest and most vaunted insurance market. He spent years in startups and
Affordable Care Act signups are down in most states as the open enrollment period ends on Thursday, while federal lawmakers continued working on subsidies extension bills on Tuesday. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Jan. 13 (UPI) — The end of temporary subsidies for Affordable Care Act health insurance policies is raising rates
NEW YORK (AP) — Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year. Democrats forced a 43-day government shutdown over the issue. Moderate Republicans called for
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: On January 1st, tens of millions in the United States will see their health insurance costs soar, when subsidies under the Affordable Care Act expire. Health insurance premiums are expected to more than double or triple for some 20 million
Millions of Americans’ health insurance premiums could double if the credits aren’t renewed by the end of this year. A sign that reads “Affordable Care Act Premiums Will Rise More Than 75%” during a news conference led by Democrats to call on Republicans to pass Affordable Care Act tax breaks on Capitol Hill on September
Note: “An Arm and a Leg” uses speech-recognition software to generate transcripts, which may contain errors. Please use the transcript as a tool but check the corresponding audio before quoting the podcast. Dan hosting: Hey there. As we started writing up this episode, the U.S. government was starting to re-open, after the longest shutdown ever.
An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults are satisfied with their health insurance coverage overall, including most older Americans and those on Medicare and Medicaid, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. But there is an undercurrent of frustration in the findings, too, with nearly one-quarter of respondents saying they’d been
NEW YORK (AP) — For one Wisconsin couple, the loss of government-sponsored health subsidies next year means choosing a lower-quality insurance plan with a higher deductible. For a Michigan family, it means going without insurance altogether. For a single mom in Nevada, the spiking costs mean fewer Christmas gifts this year. She is stretching her
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NEW YORK (AP) — When senators voted on rival health bills Thursday, they had two chances to address expiring COVID-era subsidies that will result in millions of Americans saddled with higher insurance costs in the new year. But the Senate rejected both, and hopes of solving the problem this year are running dry. Affordable Care
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year, initial new federal data shows, even as subsidies set to expire at the end of 2025 will
Luigi Mangione appears for the second day of a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on Dec. 2, 2025 in New York City. Photo: Curtis Means/Pool via Getty Images Sam Beard is a spokesperson for the December 4 Legal Committee, whose book Depose: Luigi Mangione and
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty-two-year-old Dinam Bigny sank into debt and had to get a roommate this year, in part because of health insurance premiums that cost him nearly $900 per month. Next year, those monthly fees will rise by $200 — a significant enough increase that the program manager in Aldie, Virginia, has resigned himself
Photo by Gerville/Getty Images Costs per megawatt, the measure of a data center project such as this one under construction in Ashburn, Va., have risen dramatically in recent years, stretching the limits of insurance coverage. C ontractors considering a ride into or already riding the data center building surge would do well to sit down
Photo by Gerville/Getty Images Costs per megawatt, the measure of a data center project such as this one under construction in Ashburn, Va., have risen dramatically in recent years, stretching the limits of insurance coverage. C ontractors considering a ride into or already riding the data center building surge would do well to sit down
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Epstein Documents Dump, Government Reopens, Affordable Care Act Limbo Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The House Oversight Committee yesterday released over 20,000 documents turned over to Congress
House passes bill to reopen government, Trump plans to sign measure after dinner with Wall Street bankers The House voted 222-209 to approve legislation to fund the government through the end of January, meaning the longest government shutdown in US history will end on Wednesday night, once Donald Trump finishes his dinner with Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions of Americans. The deal agreed to by Senate Republicans and a handful
Democrats just crumbled like soft-bake cookies. The so-called resistance party has given up the shutdown fight, ensuring that millions of Americans will face Republican-created skyrocketing healthcare costs, and millions more will bury any hope that the minority party will find the substance and leadership to run a viable defense against President Trump. Sunday night, eight
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