Ron Pollack

PPACA may be unaffordable for low-wage workers

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | June 13, 2013

It's called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but President Obama's health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers.
26 million Americans will be eligible for subsidies

By Kathryn Mayer | June 3, 2013

A number of Americans will be eligible for premium tax credits that will help them pay for health coverage through the PPACA.
PPACA’s Medicaid expansion may be more popular than thought

By Kathryn Mayer | May 24, 2013

Though the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act isn’t winning any popularity contests in America’s most conservative states, many residents in the Deep South have a favorable opinion of the law’s Medicaid expansion.
Laying bare your finances to apply for health care

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | April 30, 2013

The first draft was as mind-numbing and complex as tax forms. Now the Obama administration is unveiling a simplified application for health insurance benefits under the federal health care overhaul.
26 million Americans will be eligible for subsidies

By Kathryn Mayer | April 23, 2013

Nearly 26 million Americans will be eligible for premium tax credits that will help them pay for health coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a new report.
Obama’s budget to spare Medicaid

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | April 4, 2013

President Barack Obama's budget next week will steer clear of major cuts to Medicaid, including tens of billions in reductions to the health care plan for the poor that the administration had proposed only last year.
Applying for Obama health care plan not easy

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | March 13, 2013

Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes.
Some families to be priced out of health overhaul

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | January 31, 2013

Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what's being called a glitch in President Barack Obama's overhaul law. IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president's plan had hoped.
Health costs to double under Romney plan?

By Kathryn Mayer | September 28, 2012

Families buying non-group health insurance on their own in 2016 would pay nearly twice as much under the health proposals offered by presidential candidate Mitt Romney than under President Obama’s health reform law, a report from Families USA claims.
Premature death rates high without health insurance

By Kathryn Mayer | June 20, 2012

Not having health insurance isn’t just a pain—it can be deadly.