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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael L. Millenson writes about healthcare as a skeptical optimist. To understand why access to affordable health insurance has ...

Robert Hays, an industrial electronics salesman in Arkansas, thought he’d purchased conventional medical insurance. So did Essie Nath, 67, a retired cafeteria worker in Wyoming. So did Martin Liz, 47, ...

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Republicans succeeded in quashing Democrats’ efforts to reauthorize the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsides — at least so far. Now it’s time for Republicans to put forward their own health care ...

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Health insurance enrollment for 2026 is now underway on New York’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, and state officials are encouraging residents to sign up with upbeat ads reassuring them that ...