Category: ACA
Healthcare.gov enrollment opens with higher prices
Healthcare.gov enrollment opened Sunday, with Wisconsinites facing higher prices and a shifting landscape of options.
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Grothman seeks to require further verification to access Healthcare.gov accounts
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, has proposed legislation that he said would protect sensitive health information and reduce fraud in the Healthcare.gov marketplace. But, a healthcare consumer advocacy group said the plan doesn’t go far enough in targeting the main fraud issues with the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
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Healthcare.gov insurers seek double-digit rate hikes
Wisconsin Healthcare.gov insurers want to raise premiums for individual plans between 11 and 31 percent on average for 2027, according to preliminary filings submitted to regulators for review.
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Wisconsin sues over federal move to expand ACA catastrophic coverage
Wisconsin joined other states in suing last week to block a federal policy that would expand Affordable Care Act catastrophic coverage and make other changes to the ACA market.
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Thousands expected to lose public benefits due to federal immigrant coverage changes
Federal changes will take effect in the coming months that will bar many lawfully present immigrants from accessing Medicaid, Medicare and Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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Wisconsin ACA effectuated enrollment falls
Wisconsin saw a 16 percent decline in the number of people with Healthcare.gov plans paying their first month of premiums between 2025 and 2026, a change corresponding with the expiration of more generous Affordable Care Act tax credits.
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Commonwealth Fund: Rural health dollars won’t offset healthcare cuts
Federal dollars to transform rural healthcare will not offset the impact of expired enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies and the cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and the ACA marketplace included in the Republican tax-and-spending bill enacted last summer, The Commonwealth Fund reported.
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Baldwin demands CMS withdraw rule promoting catastrophic coverage
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., wants the Trump administration to pull a proposal that would promote catastrophic health plans and make other changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year.
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Grothman leads bill to expand access to short-term health insurance
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, released legislation last month that would allow short-term health plans to last up to a year.
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Kaul wants HHS to drop plan to expand ACA catastrophic coverage
Attorney General Josh Kaul wants the Trump administration to withdraw many of its proposed changes to how the Affordable Care Act marketplace functions next year, including an effort to expand the availability of catastrophic health plans.
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Healthcare.gov sign-ups fall from last year
About 22,000 fewer Wisconsinites signed up for health insurance coverage during the past Healthcare.gov open enrollment period than the one before it.
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Van Orden joins Democrats to support extending enhanced ACA subsidies
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, voted Thursday with Wisconsin’s two House Democrats to support an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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