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News Articles: Health Care

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
The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California on September 30, 2025. A new law in Virginia is designed to limit social media use by kids under 16 to one hour a day. It faces a legal challenge.

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  • National

Rideshare union rights, social media limits and other state laws taking effect Jan. 1

Every new year, public media reporters across the country bring us some of the new state laws taking effect where they are. Here are six in 2026.

January 01, 2026
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By:
  • Laura Fitzgerald,
  • Bente Birkeland,
  • and 4 more
Hospital road sign

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  • Health

Georgia health officials map out $1.4 billion plan for new federal rural health funds

Georgia officials have introduced a $1.4 billion plan to improve rural health outcomes over the next five years under the federal Rural Health Transformation Program created as part of the state's budget reconciliation bill.

December 29, 2025
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By:
  • Maya Homan and
  • Georgia Recorder
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
Guards march in the courtyard of Fredensborg Palace in Denmark. The northern European country of around 6 million people has been suggested as a model for U.S. childhood vaccination policy.

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  • Health

Should the U.S. model its vaccine policy on Denmark's? Experts say we're nothing alike

The Trump administration wants to revamp U.S. childhood vaccination recommendations to align with some other peer nations, including one tiny country in northern Europe.

December 26, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

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  • Health

Shopping for pricy ACA health plans? Some cheaper options come with trade-offs

Without a fix from Congress, costs for many people who buy health care on the Affordable Care Act marketplace have gone up. Here's what's to know about cheaper choices — and pitfalls to be aware of.

December 21, 2025
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By:
  • Julie Appleby
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday as Republicans confront internal divisions over how to to address growing health care costs.

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  • Politics

How the long-running Obamacare fight came to thwart enhanced subsidies in Congress

Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans.

December 17, 2025
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
A middle-aged woman touches a portrait of her late husband

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  • News

In five-part series, ProPublica examines Phoebe Putney's powerful role in the city of Albany

 A new five-part series by ProPublica investigates vast health care access disparities in the city of Albany. Reporter Ginger Thompson spoke with GPB's Peter Biello about her reporting on Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. 

December 15, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters outside his office in the Capitol, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington.

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  • Politics

After failure in the Senate, House GOP has its own health care proposal

House Republicans released proposed legislation late Friday that would not extend enhanced Affordable Care Act tax subsidies.

December 13, 2025
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block
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
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
Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin speaks about the forthcoming health care center in North Fulton County.

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  • Health Care

'One-stop shop' of health care, senior and other services is coming to North Fulton

The two-story building with more than 100,000 square feet of space will open early next year on North Point Parkway, which is near a MARTA station and has plenty of free parking.

November 19, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Clinch Memorial Hospital

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  • Health Care

Billions are getting cut from health care. For some rural hospitals, growing is part of the solution

For some, the cuts to health care spending aren’t an immediate concern — staffing is.

November 17, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
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