What The Health? From Kff Health News: The State Of The Affordable Care Act

The host

Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social

Julie Rovner is main Washington analogous and big of KFF Health News' play wellness argumentation news podcast, "What nan Health?" A noted master connected wellness argumentation issues, Julie is nan writer of nan critically praised reference book "Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z," now successful its 3rd edition.

Open enrollment for wellness plans nether nan Affordable Care Act began Nov. 1, yet it remains unclear really overmuch nan estimated 24 cardinal Americans who acquisition from nan ACA marketplaces will beryllium expected to salary successful premiums starting successful January. Unless Congress acts to widen taxation credits added to nan programme successful 2021, astir consumers will beryllium expected to lend overmuch much out-of-pocket; successful immoderate cases, double aliases triple what they are paying successful 2025. 

The authorities of this year's ACA conflict are besides complicated. Democrats are utilizing nan only leverage they person — a authorities shutdown — to effort to unit Republicans to discuss complete nan expiring ACA taxation credits. Yet many, if not most, of nan group who will look overmuch higher premiums successful 2026 are from GOP-dominated states specified arsenic Texas and Florida, and beryllium to professions that thin to beryllium much Republican than Democratic, specified arsenic farmers and ranchers, aliases small-business owners. 

In this typical section of "What nan Health?" from KFF Health News and WAMU, big Julie Rovner talks to Cynthia Cox, a vice president astatine KFF and nan head of its Program connected nan ACA. Cox explains what nan nation's wellness strategy looked for illustration earlier nan transition of nan wellness law, really it has contributed to little wellness spending and amended security coverage, and nan peculiar authorities of nan existent fight.

Guest

Cynthia Cox KFF

Credits

• Taylor Cook Audio producer
• Stephanie Stapleton Editor