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Millions of Americans lose health insurance as COVID-19 era subsidies end

Volume 407, Issue 10528
7 February 2026
WORLD REPORT  With the spike in Affordable Care Act health insurance costs, around 4·8 million people could lose coverage. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC. 
The failure of Congress to continue premium subsidies is expected to make health insurance unaffordable for millions of Americans who do not qualify for other government insurance programs. As hospitals experience an increase in uncompensated care, the financial strain could force them to make difficult decisions to reduce services. [Continued here.]
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Chiquita Brooks-LaSure: innovative US federal health director

Volume 398, Issue 10300
14 August 2021

 

PROFILE  
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, presides over an agency with a US$1 trillion budget that provides health insurance to more than 154 million people. Tackling health-care inequities is one of her top priorities. “These disparities have long existed, but COVID-19 has illuminated them in a way that is really unprecedented”, she said. [Full story here.]

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