Medical Loss Ratio Reform Can Help Curb Corporate Power and Lower Health Care Costs ReportOctober 6, 2025 Medical Loss Ratio Reform Can Help Curb Corporate Power and Lower Health Care Costs The medical loss ratio was designed to safeguard consumers by limiting insurer profits, but consolidation and loopholes have weakened its impact. Reform is needed to restore accountability and to make health care more affordable. Oct 6, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Natasha Murphy
Opinion: If you thought Medicaid was a mess already, Trump’s cuts only add to the chaos — and the costs In the NewsJuly 18, 2025 Opinion: If you thought Medicaid was a mess already, Trump’s cuts only add to the chaos — and the costs Andrea Ducas and Andrés Argüello write in MarketWatch about the impact of recent cuts to Medicaid. Jul 18, 2025 MarketWatch Andrea Ducas, Andrés Argüello
10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJuly 3, 2025 10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Congressional Republicans’ radical budget and tax bill includes several less-known provisions that will increase costs, fuel the Trump administration’s overreach, and waste taxpayer dollars. Jul 3, 2025 Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Natasha Murphy, 9 More Kierra B. Jones, Andrés Argüello, Lily Roberts, Kyle Ross, Michael Sozan, Silva Mathema, Sara Partridge, Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Corey Husak
Young Adults With Lower Incomes Would Face Sharp ACA Premium Cost Increases Under the Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJune 27, 2025 Young Adults With Lower Incomes Would Face Sharp ACA Premium Cost Increases Under the Big Beautiful Bill Act The One Big Beautiful Bill Act would hike premium costs for young adults, hitting those with modest incomes the hardest. Jun 27, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas
Older Adults With ACA Coverage Would Face Steep Premium Hikes Under House Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJune 26, 2025 Older Adults With ACA Coverage Would Face Steep Premium Hikes Under House Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act A new analysis finds that House Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act would raise health care premiums by thousands of dollars for adults ages 55 and older with ACA marketplace coverage. Jun 26, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Would Ravage Regions Won by Donald Trump While Giving Tax Breaks to the Rich ArticleJune 13, 2025 The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Would Ravage Regions Won by Donald Trump While Giving Tax Breaks to the Rich Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and clean energy tax credits would devastate people in communities that voted for President Donald Trump. Jun 13, 2025 Kierra B. Jones, Andrea Ducas, Kyle Ross, 6 More Lily Roberts, Lucero Marquez, Jamie Friedman, Colin Seeberger, Kennedy Andara, Andrés Argüello
House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Would Make Health Care More Expensive for Americans With Medicare and Other Insurance ArticleJune 12, 2025 House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Would Make Health Care More Expensive for Americans With Medicare and Other Insurance A new Center for American Progress analysis shows how House Republican health care cuts would cost many families with Medicaid, Medicare, ACA marketplace plans, and job-based coverage up to thousands of dollars per year in additional premiums, deductibles, and other out-of-pocket expenses. Jun 12, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas
New CBO Estimates Confirm Massive Rise in Uncompensated Care Costs Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJune 10, 2025 New CBO Estimates Confirm Massive Rise in Uncompensated Care Costs Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act New projections from the Congressional Budget Office indicate the House-passed tax and budget bill would lead to 16 million people becoming uninsured, resulting in hospitals and other health care providers shouldering an estimated $36 billion in additional uncompensated care costs by 2034. Jun 10, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas
The Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s Health Care Cuts Would Drive Up Uncompensated Care and Threaten Vulnerable Hospitals ArticleMay 23, 2025 The Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s Health Care Cuts Would Drive Up Uncompensated Care and Threaten Vulnerable Hospitals House Republicans’ proposals would lead to 14 million people becoming uninsured, forcing hospitals and other health care providers to foot the bill of $31 billion in additional uncompensated care costs by 2034. May 23, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas