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		<title>How Much and Why ACA Marketplace Premiums Are Going Up in 2026</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/how-much-and-why-aca-marketplace-premiums-are-going-up-in-2026/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis of initial rate filings from all 50 states and DC shows ACA Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 18% for 2026, more than double last year’s 7% median proposed increase. The analysis includes proposed rate changes by state and insurer.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Health Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/health-provisions-in-the-2025-federal-budget-reconciliation-law/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Racial Equity and Health Policy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On July 4, President Trump signed the budget reconciliation bill, previously known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” into law. This summary provides background, description, budgetary impact and related information on the health care provisions of the law in four categories: Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurers’ Preliminary Rate Filings Anticipate Biggest Increases in ACA Marketplace Plan Premiums Since 2018</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/press-release/insurers-preliminary-rate-filings-anticipate-biggest-increases-in-aca-marketplace-plan-premiums-since-2018/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis of preliminary rate filings submitted by 105 ACA Marketplace insurers in 19 states and DC shows that ACA Marketplace insurers are requesting a median premium increase of 15% for 2026, which would represent the largest hike in premiums since 2018, the last time policy uncertainty contributed to sharp premium growth. The scheduled expiration of enhanced tax credits and impact of tariffs on some drugs, medical equipment, and supplies are among the factors pushing premiums higher ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Individual Market Insurers Requesting Largest Premium Increases in More Than 5 Years</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/individual-market-insurers-requesting-largest-premium-increases-in-more-than-5-years/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis of preliminary rate filings submitted by 105 ACA Marketplace insurers in 19 states and DC shows that ACA Marketplace insurers are requesting a median premium increase of 15% for 2026, which would represent the largest hike in premiums since 2018, the last time policy uncertainty contributed to sharp premium growth. The scheduled expiration of enhanced tax credits and impact of tariffs on some drugs, medical equipment, and supplies are among the factors pushing premiums higher ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Access to OB-GYNs: Evaluating Workforce Supply and ACA Marketplace Networks</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/access-to-ob-gyns-evaluating-workforce-supply-and-aca-marketplace-networks/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patient and Consumer Protections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Health Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Workforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physician]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race/Ethnicity]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief examines the supply of OB-GYNs in the U.S. and the share of OB-GYNs participating in the provider networks of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) offered in the individual market in the federal and state Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces in 2021.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We’ve Never Seen Health Care Cuts This Big</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/perspective/weve-never-seen-health-care-cuts-this-big/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this July 1 column for The New York Times Opinion section, KFF Executive Vice President for Health Policy Larry Levitt explains how the budget reconciliation bill passed by the Senate on July 1 is effectively a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and, if signed into law, the resulting reductions in Medicaid<span class="readmore-ellipsis">&#8230;</span><a href="https://www.kff.org/medicaid/perspective/weve-never-seen-health-care-cuts-this-big/" class="see-more light-beige no-float inline-readmore">More</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fraud in Marketplace Enrollment and Eligibility: Five Things to Know</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/patient-consumer-protections/issue-brief/fraud-in-marketplace-enrollment-and-eligibility-five-things-to-know/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief evaluates what is currently known about fraud and abuse in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace, including how the final Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule and the recently enacted budget reconciliation law change existing Marketplace enrollment and eligibility standards.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Might Changes to the ACA Marketplace Impact Enrollees with Mental Health Conditions?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/how-might-changes-to-the-aca-marketplace-impact-enrollees-with-mental-health-conditions/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief estimates the number of current Marketplace enrollees with a mental health diagnosis to understand what changes in enrollment may mean for access to services. Among the 24.3 million Marketplace enrollees in 2025, over 4.4 million individuals are estimated to have at least one mental health diagnosis on a health care claim. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Explaining Cost-Sharing Reductions and Silver Loading in ACA Marketplaces</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/explaining-cost-sharing-reductions-and-silver-loading-in-aca-marketplaces/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives recently passed a budget reconciliation bill that would appropriate funding for cost-sharing reductions that insurers are required to provide to low-income enrollees in the Affordable Care Act marketplace. This policy watch explains what these cost-sharing reductions are, how they relate to federal spending, and what effect appropriating funding might have on premiums and the uninsured rate. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pending Changes to Marketplace Plans Could Increase Cost Sharing for Consumers</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/pending-changes-to-marketplace-plans-could-increase-cost-sharing-for-consumers/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief looks at changes to Marketplace plans recently finalized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that may incentivize insurers to make their plans less generous. With less generous plans, consumers could face higher out-of-pocket costs, though those who don't qualify for premium tax credits could see lower premiums.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Senate Finance Language Would Further Cut Federal Spending for Medicaid Expansion States</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/senate-finance-language-would-further-cut-federal-spending-for-medicaid-expansion-states/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prior KFF analysis allocated CBO’s federal Medicaid spending reductions and enrollment losses across the states, and this policy watch builds on that analysis to examine the potential impacts in expansion states compared with non-expansion states. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Affect the ACA, Medicaid, and the Uninsured Rate?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-will-the-2025-budget-reconciliation-affect-the-aca-medicaid-and-the-uninsured-rate/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis details the number of people who would become uninsured from policy changes in the ACA Marketplaces and Medicaid. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that, taken together, these changes will result in 16 million more uninsured people in the year 2034 than would otherwise be the case.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>KFF Health Tracking Poll: ACA Enhanced Subsidies</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-aca-enhanced-subsidies/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[KFF's Health Tracking Poll looks at public awareness and support for ACA Marketplace subsidies and finds that most adults are unaware the subsidies are set to expire soon. Three in four say Congress should extend the subsidies and support persists despite hearing counter arguments. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Poll: Most of the Public Support Extending the ACA’s Enhanced Premium Tax Credits, Including Most Republicans and MAGA Supporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025, a large majority (77%) of the public favor Congress extending the credits while about one in five (22%) say they should let them expire, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Majorities of Democrats (91%), independents (80%),<span class="readmore-ellipsis">&#8230;</span><a href="https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/press-release/poll-most-of-the-public-support-extending-the-acas-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-including-most-republicans-and-maga-supporters/" class="see-more light-beige no-float inline-readmore">More</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Potential Impacts of 2025 Budget Reconciliation on Health Coverage for Immigrant Families</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/potential-impacts-of-2025-budget-reconciliation-on-health-coverage-for-immigrant-families/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Racial Equity and Health Policy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This policy watch discusses key provisions in the draft 2025 budget reconciliation legislation that are aimed at limiting health coverage for immigrant families.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Individual Market Enrollment Changed with the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/slideshow/how-individual-market-enrollment-changed-with-the-enhanced-premium-tax-credits/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This chart examines individual market enrollment data from 2011 through 2025, when enrollment reached a record high of 25.2 million people. Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace enrollment increased following the enactment of enhanced premium tax credits in 2021, as more individuals became eligible for subsidies.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What are the Implications of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill for Hospitals?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/what-are-the-implications-of-the-2025-budget-reconciliation-bill-for-hospitals/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Watch]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes significant reductions in federal Medicaid spending to help offset the cost of tax cuts, along with changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), immigration reforms and other provisions. This issue brief discusses the potential implications of the bill for hospitals and explains how some hospitals (such as rural hospitals as well as urban hospitals that serve a large share of Medicaid patients) may be less well positioned than others (such as hospitals that serve a large share of commercial patients) to absorb revenue losses given their current financial status. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How the Trump Administration and Congress Are Reshaping the Affordable Care Act&#8217;s Marketplaces: Views from the States</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/event/june-11-virtual-event-how-the-trump-administration-and-congress-are-reshaping-the-affordable-care-acts-marketplaces-views-from-the-states/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Through regulations and the House budget reconciliation bill, significant changes are being considered by Congress and the Trump Administration for how the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplaces would work. To examine how these changes could reshape the ACA’s Marketplaces, KFF held a virtual briefing on June 11 featuring leaders from two state-based Marketplaces to get perspectives from the field.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Will the 2025 Reconciliation Bill Affect the Uninsured Rate in Each State? Allocating CBO’s Estimates of Coverage Loss</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/how-will-the-2025-reconciliation-bill-affect-the-uninsured-rate-in-each-state-allocating-cbos-estimates-of-coverage-loss/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[House Republicans have passed a reconciliation package (the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) that would make significant changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces and increase the number of people without health insurance by an estimated 10.9 million. This analysis estimates state-level increases in the number of uninsured people due to this legislation, along with other changes to the Marketplace, including the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>KFF Health Tracking Poll: The Public&#8217;s Views of Funding Reductions to Medicaid</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-the-publics-views-of-funding-reductions-to-medicaid/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Congress works to pass the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which includes significant changes to Medicaid and the ACA, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll examines the views of groups that could be most directly impacted by the impending legislation. The poll finds most of the public is worried about the consequences of  federal funding reductions to Medicaid, including rural residents, those with lower incomes, and across partisans.]]></description>
		
		
		
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