The ACA Marketplaces Are Poised To Weather COVID-19
People who lose job-based health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic can rely on the marketplaces.
Affordable Care Act
Administrative Actions To Reverse Sabotage and Lower Costs in the ACA Marketplaces
An administration that cares about improving health care access and affordability should take the following steps to reverse the Trump administration’s sabotage and lower costs in the ACA marketplaces.
The Health Care Repeal Lawsuit Could Strip Coverage from 23 Million Americans
Many people who lose their jobs during the pandemic are relying on the ACA for health insurance.
How Trump’s Policies Have Hurt ACA Marketplace Enrollment
Comprehensive coverage is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Trump administration is preventing uninsured people from signing up in a time of crisis.
10 Ways the ACA Has Improved Health Care in the Past Decade
The health care law provides coverage for millions of Americans and protects people with preexisting conditions, but it remains under threat from a Trump administration-backed lawsuit.
Affordable Care Act Repeal by State
This interactive allows users to see the harms that would result if the Affordable Care Act were repealed, with data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
5 Ways the Health Care Repeal Lawsuit Could Harm Women’s Health and Economic Security
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in the Texas v. United States health care repeal lawsuit has introduced uncertainty into the insurance market, and women’s health is at stake.
Court Ruling Against ACA Hurts Patients and Destabilizes Health Insurance Markets
The appeals court in the Texas v. United States health care repeal lawsuit ruled the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate unconstitutional but left in doubt the rest of the law, fueling uncertainty that could harm markets in the near term.
Moving Backward
New estimates show that recent efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act could leave millions of women and girls with preexisting conditions at risk of being charged more or denied coverage for individual insurance.
State Health Policy Project
The Center for American Progress’ State Health Policy Project works with state governments to design and advance polices to lower health care costs and improve the quality of care.
Number of Americans With Preexisting Conditions by District for the 116th Congress
People with preexisting conditions would lose protections against discrimination by insurance companies under repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
Rural Hospital Closures Reduce Access to Emergency Care
Rural hospitals struggle financially with lower patient volumes, higher rates of uncompensated care, and physician shortages.
Undermining Medicaid: How Block Grants Would Hurt Beneficiaries
After failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is trying to use block grants and per-capita caps to sabotage Medicaid.
How States Are Combating Trump’s ACA Sabotage
In the face of the Trump administration’s continual sabotage of the Affordable Care Act, several states have adopted innovative reforms to protect their residents’ health care.
Medicare Extra
Independent analysis finds the proposal would reduce national health spending relative to current law even after covering 35 million uninsured individuals.