Farmers Face Significant Increases in Health Insurance Premiums
Farmers across the United States had a difficult year with lower prices for crops such as corn and soybeans and rising supply costs like fertilizer and seeds. And 2026 is likely to become even more challenging as they face sharp increases in health insurance premiums when the government health subsidies expire at the end of […]
Record Number of Americans Have A Negative Outlook on US Healthcare
High costs, insurance delays, and limited mental health access burden U.S. healthcare. Many Americans are growing increasingly dissatisfied with the U.S. healthcare system according to a recent Gallup West-Health poll. Nearly a quarter express that U.S. healthcare is in “crisis” while nearly half state that it has “major problems.” In total, about 70% feel that […]
Year In Review: 2025 In American Healthcare
The American healthcare system emerged from a tumultuous 2025 as a fundamentally transformed landscape, reshaped by sweeping political upheavals, contentious legislative battles, and technological disruptions that left patients, providers, and policymakers facing serious uncertainty. The healthcare sector enters 2026 caught between ambitious reforms and uncertain outcomes and stuck in a bitterly partisan battle at the […]
Older Americans and Middle Class Exposed As ACA Deadline Draws Close
As the deadline looms for Congress to extend the enhanced premium tax credits (PTCs) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of Americans who rely on the health insurance Marketplace are bracing for a massive financial blow. If lawmakers fail to act by the end of this year, subsidized enrollees will see their average annual […]
MAHA’s Food Revolution: The Right Direction?
Nine months into his tenure as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has galvanized national attention around the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) mission. But experts remain divided over the specific approaches taken by RFK Jr. and whether they will achieve the goals he desires. There is consensus around one […]
Religious Liberty Battle Heats Up in Illinois Over Mandatory Abortion Referrals
Pro-life medical providers and ministry organizations in Illinois are advancing their legal battle to the federal appeals court, challenging a state law that they claim compels them to violate their religious beliefs by requiring referrals for abortion. The case, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Treto, centers on an amendment to Illinois’s Health […]
Senator Rand Paul has a simple idea to tackle health insurance costs
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has a radical idea that he believes can go a long way to reducing the cost of health insurance plans for Americans – he calls it ‘association health plans’ and he is hoping President Trump will get behind his proposal. Paul recently shared his proposals to lower healthcare and insurance […]
First Circuit Reinstates Trump-Era Planned Parenthood Funding Cuts
A three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Planned Parenthood is unlikely to succeed in its claims against a federal law that denies it Medicaid funding, reversing a block on the funding cuts. The appeals panel said that a provision of President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” signed into law […]
New Republican Healthcare Plan Revealed, Vote Likely Next Week
House Republicans unveiled a comprehensive 111-page healthcare plan, titled the “Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act,” late Friday, ahead of an expected vote next week. The legislation includes several measures focusing on market reforms and price transparency that are broadly popular within the Republican party but the political realities in the Senate mean […]
Government Pays $250 Million for Dead People’s Health Insurance. Really?
How bad is waste in the health insurance dominated American healthcare system? In an opinion piece for The Hill, writer and researcher Jonathan Bain asks why taxpayers continue to fund health insurance for individuals who have passed away. Yes, dead people receive federal funding. Bain highlights what he calls a “ridiculous reality” where 450,000 Medicaid […]