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Despite attempts to kill it, the Affordable Care Act turns 13 this year | Opinion

BY: - March 24, 2023

Former President Barack Obama’s landmark initiative was signed into law on March 23, 2010.

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Time is running out. Get covered by Jan. 15 | Opinion

BY: - January 13, 2023

Millions more can get assistance paying for health insurance, thanks to the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Obamacare ‘Family Glitch’ fix will allow about 180k Pennsylvanians to buy coverage, advocates say

BY: - October 13, 2022

The Biden administration’s move to fix the “family glitch” in the Affordable Care Act, which priced hundreds of thousands of Americans, including many in Pennsylvania, out of health coverage could not have come at a better time, Pennsylvania lawmakers and advocates have said. On Tuesday, the White House finalized a rule addressing a section of […]

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Lives hang in the balance as time runs out for action on health insurance | Opinion

BY: - July 29, 2022

The U.S. Senate needs to pass a budget reconciliation bill with Obamacare subsidies.

Advocates, lawmakers warn of healthcare cost spike without action by Congress

BY: - July 7, 2022

Tax credits that help thousands pay for their insurance are set to expire later this year unless lawmakers act.

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Pa.’s Wolf, govs urge Congress to preserve extended Obamacare subsidies | Thursday Morning Coffee

BY: - June 30, 2022

‘Tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians will be impacted if this subsidy expansion expires in October,’ Wolf said in a statement.

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Does the GOP want to repeal Obamacare? Take them literally and seriously | Wednesday Morning Coffee

BY: - March 23, 2022

If you care about your healthcare bills, you need to care about this.

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Pa. residents will see expanded healthcare through the American Rescue Plan. Here’s how | Opinion

BY: - March 23, 2021

The COVID stimulus bill represents the boldest expansion of health care in a decade that will lower health care costs and expand access to coverage.

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Long live Obamacare. Now it’s NoMalarkeyCare | Dick Polman

BY: - March 22, 2021

Not only did Obamacare survive the Mar-a-Lago loser – and 10 years of attempted Republican sabotage – but today it’s more alive than ever.

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7 things that President-elect Biden can achieve on health care | Opinion

BY: - November 17, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden has plenty of work ahead of him; reining in the out-of-control pandemic tops the list, and beyond that, there are significant challenges on health care in general.

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Why unions need the Affordable Care Act | Opinion

BY: - November 15, 2020

Unions cannot stand idly by and watch as others try to rip health insurance away from our members and the people and communities they serve.

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Conservatives backed the ideas behind Obamacare, so how did they come to hate it? | Opinion

BY: - November 11, 2020

it was Newt Gingrich, one of the most conservative speakers of the House, who laid out the blueprint for the Affordable Care Act as early as 1993.