#Affordable Care Act

The North Carolina insurer’s policy “will worsen health inequities” for Black and Latino people, claim the discrimination complaints.

Plus: Over 10 prevention services related to hepatitis, HIV and sexually transmitted infections covered by the Affordable Care Act.

Plus, a court ruling has the potential to invalidate required free screenings, including for breast, colorectal, cervical and lung cancer.

Cancer mortality was about 3.5% lower in states that expanded Medicaid.

The ruling centered on PrEP as HIV prevention but could apply to cancer screenings and other services and drugs.

A Texas lawyer argues that requiring insurance to cover PrEP to prevent HIV amounts to forcing Christians to support homosexual behavior.

A federal lawsuit heard last month could upend or even eliminate the preventive care requirement in the law, known as Obamacare or the ACA.

These findings are disappointing as there are more than 25 million individuals with limited English proficiency living in the U.S.

Voters across the political spectrum want lawmakers to close the Medicaid coverage gap and extend tax credits for buying insurance.

Some 100 million people—including 41% of U.S. adults—have health care debt, according to a recent KFF survey.

The burden is forcing families to cut spending on food and other essentials. Millions are being driven from their homes or into bankruptcy.

A new study finds that Medicaid expansion increases survival and reduces health disparities for newly diagnosed patients with cancer.

Telemedicine is an increasingly used to provide convenient PrEP services. But are these programs following U.S. guidelines?

The United States might see one of the steepest increases in the country’s uninsured rate in years.

About 37% of uninsured Black Americans live in three states—Florida, Georgia and Texas—that chose not to expand Medicaid.