Stories tagged: "affordable care act"

Georgia Georgia has one of the highest uninsured rates in the country. Image via Shutterstock
Georgia Loeffler’s Healthcare Plan Could Leave 1.8 Million Georgians With Pre-Existing Conditions Unprotected

“Unfortunately what I learned in [Loeffler's] plan was that she is promoting plans which do not cover pre-existing conditions at all."

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright December 2, 2020 11:33 am EST
Healthcare Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Healthcare More than 400,000 Georgians Use Healthcare.gov to Get Insurance. The GOP Doesn’t Care.

Georgians are losing access to HealthCare.gov, and with it impartial assistance in comparing, and choosing healthcare coverage.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright November 18, 2020 2:01 pm EST
Georgia Republican candidate for Senate Sen. David Perdue during a campaign stop at Peachtree Dekalb Airport Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Georgia The Truth About Georgia Sen. David Perdue: He Wants to Rip Health Care Away from Millions of Americans

The senator's bill that supposedly protects people with preexisting conditions has a major loophole, and he wants to get rid of the Affordable Care Act.

Kimberly Lawson Kimberly Lawson November 16, 2020 1:56 pm EST
Healthcare Open enrollment through Healthcare.gov is open until Dec. 15. Image via Shutterstock
Healthcare 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.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil November 12, 2020 1:27 pm EST
Healthcare The ACA’s provision banning insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions has been life changing for Kellye Call. (Image courtesy of subject)
Healthcare ‘I Would, Quite Frankly, Become Disabled’: What the Affordable Care Act Means to This Georgia Woman

“I remember my mom sitting me down at the age of 15 and teaching me how to appeal a denial, because she told me I would be doing that for the rest of my life, and until 2010-2011, she was right.”

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil November 11, 2020 12:49 pm EST

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In this Oct. 17, 2018 photo, a yard sign promoting Initiative 427, the Medicaid Expansion Initiative, is seen in Omaha, Neb. For nearly a decade, opposition to Obama's health care law has been a winning message for Nebraska Republicans, helping them take every statewide office, dominate the Legislature and hold all of the state's congressional seats. But in the upcoming general election, even the most strident opponents of the Affordable Care Act are acknowledging an odd reality: there's a good chance the voters who support them will also approve a ballot measure expanding Medicaid. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) Healthcare Voters in Red States Expanded Medicaid, Despite Opposition From GOP Leaders. It’s Saved Lives.
Healthcare 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)
Healthcare 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.”

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers November 10, 2020 4:22 pm EST
Healthcare Jessica Intermill relies on the Affordable Care Act to help her manage her rheumatoid arthritis (photo via subject)
Healthcare This Minneapolis Mother Depends on the ACA to Survive. The Supreme Court Could Upend Her Life.

“The only reason that I haven’t had to declare medical bankruptcy is because of the ACA. I didn’t ask for a disease that costs tens of thousands of dollars every single year.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil November 10, 2020 8:10 am EST