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Julie Rovner
KFF Well being Information
Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Well being Information’ weekly well being coverage information podcast, “What the Well being?” A famous professional on well being coverage points, Julie is the writer of the critically praised reference ebook “Well being Care Politics and Coverage A to Z,” now in its third version.
Open enrollment for well being plans beneath the Reasonably priced Care Act started Nov. 1, but it stays unclear how a lot the estimated 24 million People who buy from the ACA marketplaces will likely be anticipated to pay in premiums beginning in January. Until Congress acts to increase tax credit added to this system in 2021, most shoppers will likely be anticipated to contribute way more out-of-pocket; in some circumstances, double or triple what they’re paying in 2025.
The politics of this yr’s ACA combat are additionally sophisticated. Democrats are utilizing the one leverage they’ve — a authorities shutdown — to attempt to pressure Republicans to barter over the expiring ACA tax credit. But many, if not most, of the individuals who will face a lot greater premiums in 2026 are from GOP-dominated states equivalent to Texas and Florida, and belong to professions that are typically extra Republican than Democratic, equivalent to farmers and ranchers, or small-business homeowners.
On this particular episode of “What the Well being?” from KFF Well being Information and WAMU, host Julie Rovner talks to Cynthia Cox, a vice chairman 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 combat.
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Cynthia Cox
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Stephanie Stapleton
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