The Latest: How a Plan Like Biden's Would Affect ACA Marketplace Premiums

Plus, a new podcast explores the fallout after a rural hospital closes, and a look at the potential impact of overturning the ACA post-COVID

September 30, 2020 Affordability in the ACA Marketplace Under a Proposal Like Joe Biden's Health Plan   A new KFF analysis finds that expanding ACA premium subsidies like Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has proposed would lower the cost of Marketplace coverage for nearly all potential enrollees, including the uninsured and others currently priced out of the Marketplace. The plan is also projected to more than double federal marketplace spending, according to Biden campaign officials. (News Release, Issue Brief) 'No Mercy' Explores the Fallout After a Small Town Loses Its Hospital   KHN and St. Louis Public Radio have launched a new podcast, "Where It Hurts," which explores painful cracks in America's health system that leave millions without the health care they need. Each season, the podcast will take listeners somewhere new to illustrate some entrenched problems — and a few solutions — for our health care system. Season One, called "No Mercy," is the first offering in the partnership and tells the story of what happened to the residents of Fort Scott, Kansas, when the rural town's 132-year-old Mercy Hospital closed due to financial difficulties. (KHN, St. Louis Public Radio) Is COVID-19 a Pre-Existing Condition? What Could Happen if the ACA is Overturned   If the ACA is overturned, federal law protection for people with pre-existing health conditions would end. This post examines what that could mean for people in the time of COVID-19, including whether and how insurers could deny coverage to people who have had COVID or other pre-existing conditions. (Policy Watch) Promises Kept? On Health Care, Trump's Claims of 'Monumental Steps' Don't Add Up   In a last-ditch effort to raise his approval rating on an issue on which he trails Democrat Joe Biden in most polls, Trump on Thursday unveiled his "America First Healthcare Plan," which includes a number of promises with no details and pumps some minor achievements into what the administration calls "monumental steps to improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare in the United States." As the election nears, here is a brief breakdown of what Trump has done — and has not done — on some key health issues. (KHN) Chart of How Health Insurers Responded to Applicants with Pre-Existing Conditions Before and After the AC Special Coverage: COVID-19 Coronavirus The latest news and analysis on the coronavirus outbreak. You can find a complete list of recent releases on KFF.org and KHN.org. Post-COVID Clinics Get Jump-Start From Patients With Lingering Illness (KHN, CNN) Corralling the Facts on Herd Immunity (KHN, Los Angeles Times) Lost on the Frontline: New This Week (The Guardian) Efforts to Keep COVID-19 out of Prisons Fuel Outbreaks in County Jails (KHN) What We Know About the Airborne Spread of the Coronavirus (KHN, PolitiFact) Is COVID-19 a Pre-Existing Condition? What Could Happen if the ACA is Overturned (Policy Watch Post) Updated: Medicaid Emergency Authority Tracker: Approved State Actions to Address COVID-19 (Issue Brief) COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker – Updated as of September 30 (Interactive) State Data and Policy Actions to Address Coronavirus (Interactive) World Bank Coronavirus Vaccine Financing Plan Expected To Be Considered By Board, Says Bank President (KFF Daily Global Health Policy Report) Tracking COVID-19 New Global Confirmed Cases (as of 9/29): 287,938 National Positivity Rate (as of 9/29) 4.7% Total U.S. Deaths (as of 9/29) 205,729 News and Headlines News and headlines from Kaiser Health News (KHN) and California Healthline (CHL). Follow KHN on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and CHL on Facebook  and Twitter, for the latest updates. 'No Mercy' Explores the Fallout After a Small Town Loses Its Hospital (KHN, St. Louis Public Radio) Promises Kept? On Health Care, Trump's Claims of 'Monumental Steps' Don't Add Up (KHN) To Free Doctors From Computers, Far-Flung Scribes Are Now Taking Notes For Them (CHL, Fortune) Health on Wheels: Tricked-Out RVs Deliver Addiction Treatment to Rural Communities (KHN, NPR) 'You're Going to Release Him When He Was Hurting Himself?' (KHN, NPR) The First Presidential Debate: A Night of Rapid-Fire Interruptions and Inaccuracies (KHN, PolitiFact) Trump's Executive Order on Preexisting Conditions Lacks Teeth, Experts Say (KHN, PolitiFact) Latest news summaries from the KHN Morning Briefing Data and Analysis The latest in health policy data and analysis from KFF. Affordability in the ACA Marketplace Under a Proposal Like Joe Biden's Health Plan (News Release, Issue Brief) Return of Health Discrimination to Insurance Markets Could Affect Millions of People (Policy Watch) Drugs Aren't the Reason the U.S. Spends So Much on Health Care (Axios Column) What Drives Health Spending in the U.S. Compared to Other Countries (Issue Brief) Effects of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Racial Disparities in Health and Health Care (Issue Brief) Updated: Health Policy Resources for Covering the 2020 Elections (News Release) Updated: What Do We Know About People with High Out-of-Pocket Spending? (Chart Collection) Updated: Who is Most Likely to Have High Prescription Drug Costs? (Chart Collection) New State Data: Flu and Pneumonia Vaccination Rates (State Data) Updated State Data: Unemployment Claims (State Data) Births (State Data) The Buzz See what's driving health policy conversation on social media. 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