Obamacare

An estimated 4 million Americans will lose insurance over the next decade if Congress doesn’t extend enhanced subsidies for ACA marketplace coverage. Florida and Texas would see the biggest losses.

Carmen Aiken thought their medical visit would be covered because the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to pay for a long list of preventive services.

Conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barret appeared skeptical of arguments that the ACA's process for deciding which services must be fully covered by private insurance is unconstitutional.

Consumers who were enrolled fraudulently could receive unexpected tax bills — the first and possibly only clue they were a victim of fraud. Getting help may become difficult amid federal layoffs.

The ACA requires most insurance plans to cover preventive care, including many forms of contraception, without cost to patients — but not if they’re “grandfathered” plans, which predate the law.

President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress plan to shrink the $900 billion-a-year government health insurance program, which covers 1 in 5 Americans.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had sided with employers who argued they can’t be forced to provide full coverage for things like medication to prevent HIV and some cancer screenings.

More than 4.6 million Floridians have registered for coverage. However, tax credits that made the program more affordable for millions will expire at the end of this year, unless Congress passes a new law.

Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for “insurance fairness” on the grounds that people who have joints surgically replaced typically don’t face the same kinds of coverage challenges.

A federal judge sided with Florida and 18 other states that challenged a Biden administration rule to allow Dreamers to access the Affordable Care Act, but an appeals court has issued a stay.