While Congress debates bringing back Affordable Care Act subsidies, many Americans have already made life-altering decisions to afford health care.

The passage of the bill was a triumph for Democrats, who drew substantial Republican backing. But it has no path forward, and an election-year compromise is a long shot.

Dec. 15, 2025 – the deadline for enrolling in a marketplace plan through the Affordable Care Act for 2026 – came and went without an agreement on the federal subsidies that kept ACA plans more affordable for many Americans. Despite a last-ditch attempt ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of health care-related bills Tuesday that he said would put more controls on the pricing of pharmaceutical drugs sold through insurance plans while expanding insurance coverage for certain kinds of hospital costs. “For too ...

December 15, 2025—the deadline for enrolling in a marketplace plan through the Affordable Care Act for 2026—came and went without an agreement on the federal subsidies that kept ACA plans more affordable for many Americans. Despite a last-ditch attempt ...

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.-12) has reintroduced the “Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act,” a critical piece of legislation that seeks to address the mental health crisis affecting youth, particularly Black youth. The bill aims to ...

It has been a busy year for health care noncompete legislation. Multiple states have enacted legislation, set to take effect in 2025, banning or limiting noncompete agreements for physicians and other health care workers. Although this post only covers ...

Private employers could soon be forced to provide health insurance for their workers, under a new bill moving steadily toward City Council approval. The Health Care Security Act, introduced this fall, would require private employers in five industries ...

Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-La., unveiled a new health data privacy framework that sets out clear rules for how wearables and wellness apps handle sensitive health data. The U.S. does not have a comprehensive national data privacy framework. While ...

Black Maternal Health Week, which began on April 11, comes to a close on April 17, as legislators work to improve maternal health. According to Black Mamas Matter Alliance, the creators of Black Maternal Health Week, in 2023, the maternal mortality rate ...