The Joint Economic Committee critiques COVID-era enhanced premium tax credits for driving up healthcare costs without improving health outcomes, urging a reevaluation of subsidy policies to promote cost reduction and healthier populations.

The potential expiration of the ACA enhanced premium tax credit by the end of 2025 could lead to significant health insurance premium increases and coverage losses, with lawmakers negotiating extensions amid broader economic pressures.

Millions of Texans risk losing ACA tax credits, increasing uninsured rates and uncompensated care costs, amid federal budget changes affecting health insurance affordability.

Medicaid cuts could reduce U.S. economic output by $183 billion and cost 408,000 jobs by 2034, with severe impacts on rural hospitals and healthcare access.

CMS's 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposal emphasizes value-based payment increases, expanded telehealth flexibilities, new chronic care payment models, and significant Medicare spending reductions for skin substitutes.

Federal budget changes could cut Medicaid and Medicare funding in Connecticut, risking coverage for 175,000 residents and impacting the state economy.

Explore the extensive Medicaid program in Colorado, covering eligibility, enrollment trends, federal expansions, recent policy shifts, and the impact of work requirements and immigrant coverage programs.

Explore how Medicaid expansion and premium tax credits have driven historic improvements in U.S. health insurance coverage and the risks posed by potential policy changes.

MedPAC recommends linking physician pay updates to inflation, emphasizing the unsustainability of current Medicare reimbursements. ACR and AMA support timely action.