Cigna is pulling out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges in 2027, the company said, adding to the turmoil facing the individual marketplace after the loss of enhanced federal subsidies. Executives announced the decision on Cigna’s earnings call Thursday, a day when the company reported a better-than-expected first quarter, including $1.7 billion in first quarter net income. Cigna is now the second… Source link
A push by Senate negotiators to strike a deal on extending enhanced ObamaCare subsidies is running into a brick wall as they struggle to clear a key hurdle on abortion. Members have been engaged in talks for about a month on a potential extension. But the subsidies expired at the end of last year and… Source link
The House passed legislation Thursday to revive and extend expired ObamaCare tax credits in a bipartisan vote that is boosting hopes of centrist Republicans for a bipartisan deal to revive the tax credits. The tally, 230 to 196, highlighted the tenuous grip Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has over his restive GOP conference. Seventeen centrist Republicans crossed the aisle to… Source link
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A Democrat-led push to extend recently expired Obamacare subsidies cleared a procedural hurdle in the House on Wednesday with support from nine Republicans, teeing up a final vote later this week. The House voted 221-205 in favor of a motion to discharge a bill that, if passed by the House and Senate, would extend enhanced tax credits for Affordable Care Act health insurance plan holders for three years. Those tax credits were first implemented in 2021 under President Joe Biden as a pandemic-era relief measure and expired at the end of 2025, resulting in premium hikes for millions of Americans. Congressional Republicans, who have largely opposed extending the subsidies, find themselves in a difficult position ahead of the 2026 midterms, as Democrats seek to make health care and affordability central campaign issues. Read more CNBC politics coverage “The American people want us to work on the affordability crisis,” …
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As the country prepares to ring in the new year, new state laws will take effect around the country on a host of issues, including the use of artificial intelligence in health care and elections, paid family and medical leave and rising medical insurance costs. Some states are looking for ways to soften the blow of higher health care premiums as Affordable Care Act tax subsidies expire after Congress failed to extend them. And on the verge of the coming year’s midterm elections, a slew of more restrictive voting laws are taking effect. Here are some of the laws that go live in 2026: Deepfakes in elections, AI misuse in health care Thirty-eight states passed legislation this year to deal with the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, including on such topics as preventing the misuse of AI in elections and regulating how the technology disperses medical information, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. AI will continue to be a top issue for states despite President Donald Trump’s executive order in December seeking to …
