Healthcare Education Project

11/21/2025

If Congress doesn’t act and extend ACA tax credits, health insurance will get a lot more expensive for working New York families. Up to 80,000 New Yorkers could even lose their insurance due to skyrocketing costs.

11/20/2025

State Medicaid programs are bracing for budget shortfalls in 2026. Several factors – including nearly $1 billion in healthcare cuts from Congress’s One Big Bill – are forcing programs to consider cutting benefits to stay out of the red.

Some are responding by imposing new limits on how they pay hospitals and other providers.

11/19/2025

Congress still has the chance to extend ACA tax credits before the end of the year. Let your lawmaker know: don’t let premiums skyrocket.

Cuts to Medicaid would leave millions of the most vulnerable in our country without healthcare access.

11/18/2025

Millions of Americans from every walk of life will see their monthly premiums skyrocket, if ACA tax credits expire at the end of the year.

11/17/2025

Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865-1915) was the first Native American woman to receive a medical degree. She was also the first person to receive federal aid to assist in her education. Two years before her death she realized a long-cherished project, the opening of a hospital in the Omaha reservation town of Walthill.

11/17/2025

The government shutdown has ended – without an extension on vital ACA tax credits. Now, unless Congress approves legislation, 22 million Americans will see their monthly premiums rise 114% on average.

While Congress is poised to end the history making government shutdown, it may let health insurance aid lapse. Here's what could happen to you.

11/14/2025

Why is Medicaid so important for New Yorkers?

Because it covers nearly every kind of care for people who need it most.

From mental health services to home care, prescriptions to maternity care, Medicaid is a lifeline for millions across our state.

11/13/2025

About half of ACA enrollees work for or own a small business.

For Angel, a small business owner in Georgia, the expiration of ACA tax credits — on top of new changes in Congress’s One Big Bill — means skyrocketing costs and shrinking options.

The Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace is now open for enrollment, but some of the changes slated for next year have small business owners concerned.

11/12/2025

Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail (1903-1981) was among the first Apsáalooke (Crow) people to pursue higher education and the first to become a registered nurse. She fought for culturally competent care and created the Community Health Representatives Outreach Program. She received the President’s Award for Outstanding Nursing Health Care.

11/12/2025

What does a 38% increase really mean? That’s how much ACA premiums are set to rise for New Yorkers unless Congress extends critical tax credits — and open enrollment is already here.

For some families, that’s hundreds more each month just to keep their coverage.

We broke it down in terms every New Yorker can understand. See how much more you'd pay — and why Congress needs to act now.

11/12/2025

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11/11/2025

“Devastating.”

Without action from Congress, Stacy Cox and her husband will see their monthly health insurance premium skyrocket from $495 to $2,168 in 2026.

No one should have to choose between healthcare and going broke.

Millions across the country will discover just how much their plans will cost when open enrollment for Affordable Care Act insurance plans begins on Nov. 1.