Getting Ready for Open Enrollment
In the wake of the Republican health care cuts and the Trump administration’s changes to ACA marketplace rules, and in the midst of a government shutdown due in part to Congress’s lack of action… Read more.
Smoke and Mirrors vs. Policy and Meaningful Change: What’s Real and What’s Political Theater in the Fight for Lower Prescription Drug Prices
For too long, Americans have struggled to pay the price of medications they need, with politicians on both sides of the aisle promising action. In Washington, D.C. and in states across the country, new… Read more.
10.20.2025 / / Insights Blog
Sowing Distrust and Dismantling Science: Escalating Threats to Vaccine Access
Vaccines represent some of the greatest public health achievements in history, building on science, expert policy and public trust to strengthen America’s security and protect millions of lives across generations. From the U.S. eradication… Read more.
10.10.2025 / / Insights Blog
What the Government Shutdown Debate is Really About: Health Care Tax Credits for Working Class Americans
Vice President JD Vance outright lied when he posted on X and said on Fox News that the government shutdown is over demands for illegal immigrants to get health care. No such demands exist.… Read more.
10.01.2025 / / Insights Blog
Behind the Numbers: The Real Americans who will be Hardest Hit if Congress Lets Premium Tax Credits Expire
Across the country, 22 million Americans use health care tax credits to afford their health care coverage. With costs for everything rising, from groceries to rent to health care, without the support of these… Read more.
09.25.2025 / / Insights Blog
Vulnerable, Working Class Americans will be Hardest Hit if Congress Lets Premium Tax Credits Expire
Millions of people benefit from premium tax credits that help them buy and afford health coverage on healthcare.gov or on state-based marketplaces. In light of rising health care costs and the huge impact they… Read more.
09.25.2025 / / Insights Blog
The Biggest Threats to Maternal Health Lurking in President Trump’s Health Care Cuts
Republican health care cuts exceeding $1 trillion threaten to destabilize maternal health, posing significant risks to postpartum coverage and reproductive health care, support systems on which millions of mothers rely. Medicaid is the cornerstone… Read more.
09.19.2025 / / Insights Blog
Secretary Kennedy’s Broken Promises and the Impact on Americans’ Health
On Thursday, September 4, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the Senate Finance Committee following weeks of increasing uncertainty and upheaval at our nation’s health department. Republican and… Read more.
09.05.2025 / / Insights Blog
Planned Parenthood: Still Essential, Still Under Threat
Planned Parenthood provides vital health care services to nearly 2.1 million people across the country. Like independent abortion care providers that are also essential and also remain under threat many people served by Planned… Read more.
08.12.2025 / / Insights Blog
August of Accountability: Republicans’ Actions in July Are Causing Insurance Rates to Skyrocket
As Insurers Release Their Proposed Rates in All 50 States, Consumers to Face Shocking Premium Hikes The Republican health care cuts signed into law by President Trump this summer will have devastating consequences for… Read more.
08.06.2025 / / Insights Blog
A Trillion Dollar Cut to Care: The Fight for Medicare and Medicaid
Commemorating 60 Years of Vital Programs — A Legacy in Jeopardy For 60 years, Medicare and Medicaid have been defining features of the health care landscape, serving as a vital lifeline by providing coverage… Read more.
07.29.2025 / / Insights Blog
Timeline of Trump’s New Health Care Law: What You Need to Know
Earlier this month, Republicans in Congress passed, and President Trump signed, their “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which includes the largest health care cuts in history: more than $1 trillion over 10 years, primarily impacting… Read more.
07.28.2025 / / Insights Blog
Not Just a Budget Cut: How 17 Million Lives Are Being Harmed by “One Big Beautiful Bill”
Earlier this month, President Trump and Republican lawmakers’ big budget bill that guts Medicaid and threatens access to health care for 17 million Americans was signed into law. Now, families brace for impact. With… Read more.
07.17.2025 / / Insights Blog
Actions by Trump and Congress are Leading to Skyrocketing Insurance Premiums in 2026
President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress just passed the big budget bill which included the biggest cut to our health care system in history — $1 trillion — and put into law… Read more.
07.11.2025 / / Insights Blog
Marketplace Final Rule Sets Major Hurdles to Coverage
UPDATE: This rule is temporarily blocked from going into effect due to an August 22 injunction. The Trump administration finalized a dangerous rule that will make it much harder for people to enroll in… Read more.
06.27.2025 / / Insights Blog
Congress’ Provider Tax Proposals Would Be A Huge Blow to State Budgets
Proposals in the House-passed and Senate-proposed budget bills to freeze and/or cut health care provider taxes put all state Medicaid budgets in an extremely precarious position. What’s more, these proposals insert federal decision-making into… Read more.