Fact Sheet

How the Affordable Care Act Makes Health Coverage More Affordable

This fact sheet explains how the Affordable Care Act guarantees that more Americans can afford to buy health insurance by providing financial assistance to help people pay for coverage. And thanks to ...

Seven Reasons the Trump Administration’s Short-Term Health Plans Are Harmful to Families

The Trump Administration wants to turn back the clock on protections for health care consumers established by the Affordable Care Act. This latest act of sabotage on the health law came in the form of...

Job-Based Health Coverage and the Affordable Care Act: Why the Law Won’t Cause Employers to Drop Coverage

If you're wondering how the Affordable Care Act will affect businesses that offer health insurance to their employees, you'll want to read this fact sheet full of data that demonstrate...

Keeping Coverage Affordable: Addressing CHIP “Premium Stacking”

This fact sheet examines the difficulty some low-income families will face with affording health coverage in the health insurance marketplaces. While the Affordable Care Act was designed ensure tha...

How the Midterm Elections Could Impact People in America with Preexisting Conditions: National and Key State Fact Sheets, Infographics, and Tables

This midterm election season, some candidates want to take away health insurance protections for people with preexisting conditions. This would allow health insurers to return to abusive practices tha...

Does Your Candidate Actually Support Protections for People With Preexisting Conditions? The Three-Part Test

Many members of Congress and other policymakers have taken actions that do not support protections for people with preexisting conditions, and instead support policies that would let insurance compani...

Think You Know about Association Health Plans? Here Are Five Facts You May Not Know

Due to changes made through recent federal rules issued by the Trump administration, small businesses and self-employed business owners can buy health plans through associations that are exempt from...

How Tobacco Rating Could Price Americans Out of Coverage and What States Can Do to Help

Under the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies can charge tobacco users more, a practice referred to as "tobacco rating." This practice could make health coverage unaffordable for many Americans a...

Cutting Medicaid Would Hurt States and Families

When members of Congress threaten to cut Medicaid, who is at risk? If Medicaid is cut, seniors, people with disabilities, children, and working families would suffer. This fact sheet explains that M...

Medicaid: An Essential Program for States and Their Residents

Medicaid is a health insurance program that serves low-income Americans, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities. It is jointly funded by states and the federal government. Federal M...