Stories tagged: "affordable care act"


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Judge: Health Insurers Shouldn’t Have to Cover Cancer Screenings and Pregnancy Care

If the ruling is upheld by a higher court, health insurance companies would no longer be required to cover preventative care such as screenings for breast cancer, cervical cancer, and lung cancer.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
GOP Plans Could Include Deep Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act

House Republicans want to apply deep cuts to everything from health insurance to food assistance benefits, an effort that would plunge millions more Americans into extreme poverty.  

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Here Are All the Changes to the Affordable Care Act for 2023, and How to Enroll in Pennsylvania

There are a number of changes coming to ACA coverage in 2023. Here’s a breakdown of what enrollees need to know, and how to apply in the Keystone State.

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Pennsylvania Abortion Providers Expecting a Large Increase in Out-of-State Patients

Can Pa. abortion clinics handle the influx of patients from neighboring states like West Virginia, where abortion is banned, and Ohio, where abortion is severely restricted? And what happens to those who may have to be turned away?

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Need Health Insurance? The ACA Marketplace Is Now Open Until Dec. 15.

A lot has happened in the past 10 days—so much so that you may not realize that the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment season began on Nov. 1.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden listens as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris addresses the media about the Trump Administration’s lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act on November 10, 2020 at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Biden also answered questions about the process of the transition and how a Biden Administration would work with Republicans. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Justices Signal They Won’t Repeal ACA, Biden Promises to Expand Healthcare Access

"This doesn’t have to be a partisan issue, it’s a human issue,” Biden said. “It affects every single American family, we can’t subvert the growing consensus.”

Portraits of Pennsylvania 1st Congressional District Democratic candidate Christina Finello (left) and Republican US Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (right). (Photos courtesy of the candidates' campaigns.)
Finello Tries to Unseat Fitzpatrick by Tying Him to Trump

Christina Finello said President Donald Trump is trying to take away health care “in the middle of the worst health care crisis in a century… He’s able to do that because of a law my opponent supported.”