The Trump administration cut off Affordable Care Act subsidies for about 189,000 people identified as having duplicate government coverage or being deceased. Individual health insurance enrollment fell 18% to 20.5 million members in June, marking the steepest annual decline.
Academic health systems are accelerating hospital acquisitions at an unprecedented pace, driven by financial pressures including staffing shortages, aging infrastructure, heavy Medicare and Medicaid dependence, and mounting payer denials affecting hundreds of facilities.
CVS Health exceeded second-quarter earnings and revenue estimates and raised its full-year guidance, driven by better-than-expected medical costs in its Aetna insurance business. The results signal improvement in the struggling insurance division.
HCA Healthcare lowered its annual profit forecast on Tuesday, citing a rise in uninsured patients and increased uncompensated care costs driven largely by Americans dropping coverage under Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) plans.
Health insurers offering Affordable Care Act plans are requesting a median 14% premium increase for 2027, marking the second consecutive year of double-digit hikes and intensifying affordability concerns that have already caused millions to drop coverage.
New federal data reveals steep declines in Affordable Care Act coverage across multiple states over the past year, with Ohio and Oklahoma each experiencing losses of nearly one-third of their enrollees.
New CDC data shows approximately 8% of Americans lacked health insurance in 2025, maintaining recent lows. However, experts warn the uninsured rate could increase as the Trump administration implements sweeping changes to health policy.
ACA Marketplace deductibles hit a record 37% increase in 2026 following the expiration of enhanced tax credits, pushing millions of enrollees toward cheaper, higher-deductible bronze plans. Premium payment rates have also dropped sharply across multiple states.
Multiple states are experiencing significant drops in Affordable Care Act enrollment, with Georgia seeing a 28% decline in premium payments in April compared to the previous year. The trend suggests rising costs from reduced subsidies are causing people to skip payments or drop coverage entirely.
A Bloomberg investigation revealed that state health insurance marketplaces, including those in Virginia and Washington, D.C., shared users' personal information including citizenship and race data with advertisers through embedded ad trackers. Virginia and D.C. paused the data collection and sharing following the report.
CVS Health's Caremark pharmacy benefits unit reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to curb controversial rebate practices in the pharmacy benefits market. The agreement requires Caremark to count consumer purchases from Trump's TrumpRx program toward insurance deductibles, mirroring a similar settlement previously reached with Cigna.
Health insurance premiums for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans are projected to rise by a median of 14% in 2027 according to preliminary insurer filings analyzed by KFF, marking the second straight year of double-digit increases and creating significant cost pressures for middle-income Americans.
