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Julie Rovner
KFF Health News
Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly well being coverage information podcast, “What the Health?” A famous knowledgeable on well being coverage points, Julie is the creator of the critically praised reference ebook “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third version.
Open enrollment for well being plans underneath the Affordable Care Act started Nov. 1, but it stays unclear how a lot the estimated 24 million Americans who buy from the ACA marketplaces shall be anticipated to pay in premiums beginning in January. Unless Congress acts to increase tax credit added to this system in 2021, most shoppers shall be anticipated to contribute way more out-of-pocket; in some instances, double or triple what they’re paying in 2025.
The politics of this yr’s ACA battle are additionally difficult. Democrats are utilizing the one leverage they’ve — a authorities shutdown — to attempt to drive Republicans to barter over the expiring ACA tax credit. Yet many, if not most, of the individuals who will face a lot larger premiums in 2026 are from GOP-dominated states corresponding to Texas and Florida, and belong to professions that are usually extra Republican than Democratic, corresponding to farmers and ranchers, or small-business homeowners.
In this particular episode of “What the Health?” from KFF Health News and WAMU, host Julie Rovner talks to Cynthia Cox, a vp at KFF and the director of its Program on the ACA. Cox explains what the nation’s well being system appeared like earlier than the passage of the well being legislation, the way it has contributed to decrease well being spending and higher insurance coverage protection, and the peculiar politics of the present battle.
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Cynthia Cox
KFF
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Stephanie Stapleton
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