Fact Sheet

Health Insurance Options for African Americans

In user-friendly language, this simple brochure explains how the Affordable Care Act improves health coverage for African Americans, including affordable coverage options. Improvements to health ...

Health Insurance Options for Latinos

In user-friendly language, this simple brochure (PDF) explains how the Affordable Care Act improves health coverage for Latinos, including affordable coverage options and consumer protections. (The ...

Health Insurance Basics: Key Words and Phrases You Need to Know

In user-friendly language, this guide (PDF) explains many of the health insurance terms that consumers need to understand when they are shopping for insurance. (The brochure is available in English ...

Alaska’s Reinsurance 1332 Waiver: An Approach that Can Work

The recent approval of Alaska’s 1332 waiver1 to fund a reinsurance system shows an approach that other states could also take under current law to lower premiums in their marketplaces and better di...

Get Ready to Get Health Coverage

In user-friendly language, this brochure (PDF) lists the steps consumers should take to get ready to apply for health insurance and financial assistance. (Includes directions in English and Spanish....

Any Version of Repeal Harms Alaska Natives

Any bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cut the Medicaid program would cause immediate and critical problems for American Indian and Alaska Native peoples. Repeal would ta...

Trump Administration ‘Public Charge’ Rule Threatens Health Care for Immigrant Families, Including U.S. Citizen Children

Last week, the Washington Post published a leaked draft of a proposed regulation to drastically change requirements for certain immigrants to enter the United States and/or become permanent resident...

How High Prescription Drug Costs Harm Families

Drug companies consistently set high prices, which forces families to make impossible choices between their health care and other basic needs. Drug companies set exorbitant prices by design to maximiz...

Trump Administration Proposal Redefines Poverty to Raise Health Care Costs for Middle-Class Families

For the second time in less than a month, the Trump administration has proposed obscure bureaucratic formula changes that will raise health care costs for 8.2 million people who buy private insurance ...

Affordability Together: How Congress Can Cut Health Costs for People Who Buy Their Own Insurance

Despite the Affordable Care Act’s major improvements to the country’s health insurance system, health care costs remain unaffordable for many families. Much attention has focused on the problems o...