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A laptop screen shows Idaho's Affordable Care Act marketplace website, with "Open Enrollment Ends December 15" in all-cap tyoe.

Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers

By Julie Appleby Updated December 15, 2025 Originally Published December 12, 2025 KFF Health News Original

With subsidies that give consumers extra help paying their health insurance premiums set to expire, lawmakers are again debating the Affordable Care Act. The difference this time: It’s happening in the middle of ACA open enrollment.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Crunch Time for ACA Tax Credits

December 11, 2025 Podcast

Dec. 15 is the deadline to sign up for Affordable Care Act plans that begin Jan. 1, and Congress remains at odds over letting expanded tax credits for the plans’ premiums expire and increasing the cost of insurance for millions of Americans. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to remake vaccine policy to reflect ideology rather than science. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Georgetown professor Linda Blumberg about the GOP’s health plans.

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Research Roundup: The Latest Science, Discoveries, And Breakthroughs

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.

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Viewpoints: It’s Time To Start Mpox Vaccine Booster Trials; GOP’s Cuts Will Create Substantial Coverage Losses

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss these public health topics.

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CDC: Suicide Rate Dropped Slightly In 2024, From Historically High Levels

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

AP reports that experts aren’t sure why the rate dropped, or whether that trend might continue. Other mental health news is on ChatGPT, social media, antidepressant tapering, and more.

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Hundreds Are Quarantined Amid Measles Outbreak In South Carolina

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

As of yesterday, South Carolina reported 111 measles cases, with 27 of those reported in less than a week. State epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell attributes the rapid increase to holiday gatherings and a low vaccination rate. Also: news from California, Massachusetts, Florida, Indiana, and elsewhere.

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More States Ban SNAP For Junk Food As Trump Admin Pushes MAHA Agenda

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee have agreed to restrict SNAP recipients from purchasing certain sugary drinks and food. The total number of states with restrictions is now 18.

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FDA Panel Urges Lifting Decades-Old Limits On Testosterone Medications

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Urologists and experts on the committee say the drug labeling should be revised so that doctors may prescribe it for more uses. Testosterone replacement therapy has gained popularity on social media as a way for young men to increase muscle mass. Plus, Meta cuts some reproductive health accounts.

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Report: N.J. Nursing Home Owners Understaffed Facility, Filched Millions

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

“All indications are that what we have identified in this and in earlier reports is just the tip of the iceberg in the nursing home industry,” New Jersey Comptroller Kevin Walsh said after his office released the report Wednesday.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, December 11, 2025

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

House Advances Biosecure Act, But Talks Go Awry Over AI In Health Care

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

A House hearing on technology and artificial intelligence almost immediately turned into a squabble over health care costs. Plus: The latest on the debate over Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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Anti-Vaccine Group Founded By RFK Jr. Calls For Covid Shots To Be Pulled

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Children’s Health Defense filed a citizen’s petition asking the FDA to deem Moderna’s and Pfizer’s covid vaccines “misbranded” and to revoke their licenses “due to a lack of compliance with FDA regulations.” Meanwhile, the FDA investigates adult deaths possibly linked to the covid vaccine.

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First Edition: Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025

December 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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Trump Rules Force Cancer Registries To ‘Erase’ Trans Patients From Public Health Data

By Rachana Pradhan December 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In 2026, U.S. cancer registries that receive federal funding will be required by the Trump administration to classify patients’ sex as only male, female, or not stated/unknown.

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Wheelchair? Hearing Aids? Yes. ‘Disabled’? No Way.

By Paula Span December 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Many older Americans shun an identity that could bring helpful accommodations, improve care, and provide community.

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Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit

By Julie Appleby December 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The debate over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has given Republicans room to resurface old criticisms — such as blaming the ACA for mergers and consolidation within the health care industry.

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MERS, Which Is Usually Confined To Arabian Peninsula, Sickens 2 In France

December 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

The two people, who were listed in stable condition, had recently traveled to the region. As Axios explains, MERS is a respiratory illness caused by a zoonotic virus that can spread from camels to people through direct contact; human-to-human transmission is possible but uncommon.

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Viewpoints: New Leaders Worsen FDA’s Credibility Crisis; Who Can Afford $27,000 A Year Health Insurance?

December 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers discuss these public health issues.

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Over 100 Provider Groups Urge HHS To Drop Planned HIPAA Rule Change

December 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

The groups, including the American Medical Association, wrote to HHS this week, stating that the proposed changes create burdens — both financial and with the implementation schedule — and “should be immediately withdrawn without further consideration.”

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Online Abortion Pill Access Up In Early 2025, Despite GOP Efforts to Restrict It

December 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

A report shows an increase in medication abortions throughout the country in the first half of the year, while Republicans have made efforts to keep doctors in blue states from prescribing pills to women in states where abortion is illegal. Other news comes from Alabama, Georgia, and Illinois.

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