Health Care Funding

Preliminary numbers are showing a drop in Obamacare enrollment. The decline of roughly 800-thousand people is an early indication that allowing the enhanced premium tax subsidies to expire caused people to defer signing up for health insurance. A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation estimated that 130,000 Alabamians will be among the Americans who will lose their Affordable Care Act coverage.

It’s just the next legislative step, but a bipartisan coalition of U.S. House members voted to advance a bill to extend subsidies connected to the Affordable Care Act. Nine Republican joined the Democrats to support a discharge bill to push the legislation forward. The Kaiser Family Foundation says around a half million Alabamians use this program, known as Obamacare, to get health coverage. KFF goes onto say those policyholders are facing cost increases as high as twenty five percent.

The ongoing standoff between Congressional Democrats and Republicans could have major implications for Alabama getting their healthcare through the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. The website Healthcare.org says roughly a half million residents of the state get coverage through the ACA. Alabama’s Department of Insurance estimates the coming rate hikes could reach as high as 25%

The federal government says 12 health centers in Alabama will receive nearly $3.5 million in funding to help expand primary care services.Health and Human…