Unless Congress acts. the cost of health insurance on the ACA marketplace will increase sharply for enrollees in 2026.
"Income-based subsidies have been part of the Affordable Care Act from the beginning," writes columnist Jeffrey Scharf. "These subsidies take the form of tax credits designed to make health insurance ...
The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...
The federal government shutdown has caused health insurance costs to skyrocket for millions of New Yorkers, with Democrats ...
The U.S. Census Bureau measures poverty by comparing a household’s pre-tax income to a set poverty threshold. This threshold is the amount of money needed to cover basic needs. While some states have ...