The following was reported in Kaiser Family Foundation Health News:
Foreigners seeking visas to live in the U.S. might be rejected if they have certain medical conditions, including diabetes or obesity, under a Thursday directive from the Trump administration.
Traffic fatalities have been inching up ever since covid. About 43,230 people died in 2021 the year after the Covid Pandemic. Traffic deaths are up 20% from a decade ago. Approximately 39,345 people died in 2024 compared 32,744 in 2014.
In 2014, when the ACA’s key provisions took effect, individual market premiums rose nearly 50 percent.
From 2014 to 2026, premiums increased nearly twice as rapidly as employer plan premiums.
The ACA’s subsidies are ill-designed and inflationary. The enrollee’s share of the premium is capped, regardless of the total premium. Because enrollees pay only a small slice of the premium, insurers face virtually no price discipline—giving them incentives to inflate costs rather than improve value….
COVID-era subsidy boosts resulted in fully subsidized coverage and led to massive fraud.
In 2025, there are 6.4 million people enrolled in fully subsidized plans who are not eligible, costing $27 billion. In 15 states, there are more than twice as many enrollees in fully subsidized plans than are eligible.
Source: Senate Testimony of Brian Blase