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premium subsidies
5 questions for real Obamacare reporters
December 6, 2013 – Insurance industry insider Wendell Potter says that reporters who take the time to ask five simple questions can avoid being duped when…
Dreading higher premiums?
December 4, 2013 – Even if you won't get an ACA premium subsidy, there a handful of strategies you can try to help make your health insurance coverage more…
Millions qualify for ‘free health insurance’
November 5, 2013 – If you're uninsured – or buy your insurance in the individual market – and live in one of seven states, chances are greater than 1 in 3…
The state of the state marketplaces
October 9, 2013 – The high initial traffic numbers are indicative of a program that will be successful overall. Given the propensity to procrastinate when…
Obamacare and the bad-news bearers
September 26, 2013 – In the marketplaces where people who do not have access to employer-sponsored insurance will be purchasing their own coverage, rates will…
Will ‘the bros’ buy health insurance in 2014?
August 31, 2013 – What reform's opponent don't tell them is that under Obamacare, a 25-year-old waiter who lives in North Los Angeles and earns $17,200 a…
ACA benefits far outweigh tax-time burdens
August 23, 2013 – When we move to a system that requires insurers to send tax forms to insureds, it's unlikely to be any more complicated than the tax forms…
A fuss over subsidies for Congressional staff
August 7, 2013 – The decision to let Congressional staffers keep their federal subsidies to help buy coverage through the exchanges makes sense from a human…
26 million eligible for help paying premiums
April 18, 2013 – We at Families USA estimate that nearly 26 million Americans will be eligible for premium tax credits to help make health coverage…
Will insurance premiums skyrocket in 2014?
January 3, 2013 – Health reform critics claim Americans will soon feel "sticker shock" over climbing health premiums, but Maggie Mahar says they aren't…
Obamacare’s health insurance subsidies:
December 13, 2012 – Beginning in 2014, millions of Americans will discover that they qualify for subsidies designed to help them purchase their own health…
Could missing word kill the ACA? No.
July 17, 2012 – Inevitably, opponents of the Affordable Care Act will continue to hunt for ways to undermine reform, says Washington & Lee law…