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News Articles: ACA

Marrying a roommate for insurance? Some Americans are making big leaps to manage the cost of health care.

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  • Health

Marrying for health insurance? The ACA cost crisis forces some drastic choices

While Congress debates bringing back Affordable Care Act subsidies, many Americans have already made life-altering decisions to afford health care.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Close-up of female doctor in scrubs with digital tablet, typing and completing checklist. High quality photo

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  • Health

More Georgians with ACA coverage are eligible for health savings accounts in 2026

As part of a federal tax and spending bill passed into law in July, all ACA bronze and catastrophic plans now qualify to open an HSA bank account.

December 26, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and other Republican leaders discussed health care plans with a vote regarding an extension of the ACA subsidies looming.

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  • Health

ACA shoppers face sticker shock as Congress dithers on health care

With subsidies that help consumers pay their health insurance premiums set to expire, health care shoppers face staggering prices. Lawmakers are running out of time to agree on a solution.

December 15, 2025
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By:
  • Julie Appleby
Georgia Access is the state’s health insurance marketplace, where Georgians can compare plans and during open enrollment.

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  • Health Care

Shopping for ACA coverage? What Georgians should look for as health care premiums face uncertainty

As open enrollment continues, health experts say Georgians should carefully compare ACA premiums, deductibles, and provider networks as federal subsidies face an uncertain future.

December 12, 2025
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
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  • Politics

Here's how Georgia's U.S. senators voted on dueling health care affordability proposals

The U.S. Senate rejected two proposals, one Democratic and one Republican, aiming to address health care affordability Thursday.

December 11, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Kendra Fuentes, co-owner of ISI Elite Training in Sandy Springs, is shown in this posed photo.

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  • News

Sticker shock strikes as Georgia small business owners navigate 2026's pricey health care options

Amid rising costs for everything else, small business owners are making their way through a more expensive landscape for health care in 2026. GPB's Orlando Montoya spoke with four Georgia entrepreneurs. 

December 10, 2025
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya

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  • Politics

Georgia lawmakers weigh health care affordability options ahead of 2026 session

At the state level, lawmakers are preparing for the upcoming legislative session and weighing their own options to make health care more affordable to Georgians.

December 09, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Health insurance costs for those on ACA plans are skyrocketing in 2026, unless Congress steps in. The increases are breaking family's budget and forcing them to make tough choices. Clockwise from left: Chris O'Donnell, Robert Bixon and his wife, Genna Boatright, Ezra McKay and Kristine Weidner.

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  • Health

These families' health care costs will balloon if Congress doesn't act on the ACA

Millions of Americans face sharply rising costs for health care plans they bought through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, unless Congress acts soon. Here's what's at stake for them.

November 21, 2025
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By:
  • Carmel Wroth and
  • Aru Nair
 Birds fly around the Capitol dome, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

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  • News

Talks to end the government shutdown intensify as federal closure is on track to become longest ever

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday no more SNAP food aid unless the government reopens, but his spokeswoman said the administration is releasing the funds in line with court orders.

November 04, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press
Warnock

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  • Politics

'Health care cannot wait.' Warnock speaks on government shutdown

The federal government has been shut down for 20 days as senators try to reach a funding deal to reopen it. 

October 20, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
The emergency room at Piedmont Macon Medical Center.

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  • Health Care

Georgians can now window shop for marketplace plans, but monthly costs could go up in January

With Congress still in a stalemate over health care spending, monthly premiums for plans on Georgia Access will likely look different next year. 

October 07, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Vice President JD Vance speaks at the White House press briefing on the day the government shutdown. Vance is among the Republicans arguing there's plenty of time to extend ACA tax credits.

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  • Health

Time is short for an ACA premium fix in the shutdown fight, says GOP insurance leader

After warning Congress for months about premium spikes, the leader of the country's insurance commissioners — a Republican from North Dakota — says he's hopeful there could be a last minute fix.

October 04, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin

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  • Health

ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows

A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.

July 18, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
People gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  • Law

The Supreme Court gives Trump a wave of victories in a blockbuster final week

The Supreme Court term has given the Trump administration a series of major wins in the final blockbuster week of its term. We rounded up the final decisions in one place.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Alton Fry is trying to pay for prostate cancer treatment without health insurance. He's one of millions of Americans who lack coverage. The number of uninsured could swell as the Trump administration and Congress try to enact policies to roll back access to insurance.

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  • Health

U.S. uninsured rates could resurge if Trump's budget bill passes

Millions could lose health insurance as the Trump administration and GOP-controlled Congress weigh major changes to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid. "The effects could be catastrophic," one policy analyst predicts.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Renuka Rayasam and
  • Sam Whitehead
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