Medicaid cuts passed this summer and enhanced premium subsidies in the Affordable Care Act set to expire at year’s end are at the heart of the government shutdown. The Senate has been unable to secure ...

Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP swoop into power last year.

A plan to give undocumented immigrants access to Maryland’s state health insurance marketplace next year has been put off until 2028 by state officials, citing recent federal policies affecting ...

At the core of the government shutdown is a debate about the extension of health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, first implemented in 2021.The shutdown began at the start of the new ...

The Senate voted to reopen the government on Monday evening after the longest government shutdown in history, even as Democrats’ hope to extend health care subsidies remains unlikely. After 40 days, ...

Democrats are trying to extend tax credits that make some health insurance premiums more affordable, but immigrants in the country illegally are not eligible for these programs. Republicans have cited ...

Susan Alleman, a Lincoln resident who directs a small nonprofit organization, had gone without health insurance for most of her adult life. She was finally able to obtain coverage through the federal ...

The 24 million Americans currently enrolled in marketplace health plans rolled out as part of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act could see their premiums more than double in 2026 if ...

Immigrants in the U.S. illegally are generally ineligible for federally funded health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and subsidized private insurance through the Affordable Care Act ...

The majority of Nebraskans receive health care insurance through their employers. But more than 135,000 Nebraskans - many of them low- to middle-income residents but also small-business owners, ...