As Premiums Soar and Millions Lose Coverage, Over Half of Americans Say End Private Health Insurance ^48%

Common Dreams - By Jessica Corbett - 6/30/2026, 11:39 PM

Politically Left Leaning Bias 36.3% - Framing Effect 26.9% - Appeal to Emotion 22.9%

On the heels of data revealing that millions of people have lost health insurance coverage during US President Donald Trump's second term amid a series of GOP attacks on access to care, polling published Monday shows that a majority of Americans support eliminating private insurers. The 1,606 adult US citizens surveyed by The... more

Dr. Oz Gets Health Insurance Completely Wrong ^70.8%

The New Republic - By Edith Olmsted - 6/29/2026, 8:37 PM

Hasty Generalization 28.6% - Biased Writer Voice 27.8% - Negativity Bias 20.5%

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the daytime television host tapped by President Donald Trump to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, doesn’t understand how health insurance works. Speaking on Fox News Monday in front of the president’s desolate fairgrounds, Oz presented his proof that the Obamacare marketplace was plagued by fraud—and in... more

'Republicans Created This Crisis on Purpose': Federal Data Shows ACA Enrollment Plunging ^83.9%

Common Dreams - By Jake Johnson - 6/29/2026, 8:30 AM

Appeal to Emotion 48.8% - Negativity Bias 40% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 37.3%

The Trump administration quietly released data last week showing a sharp decline in the number of Americans enrolled in health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, a widely predicted outcome caused by congressional Republicans' refusal to extend subsidies that helped people buy coverage. The new data, published Friday on the... more

Our Health Care System Is Broken Beyond Repair. We Need Medicare for All. ^85.6%

Truthout - By Ilhan Omar, Lisa Gilbert - 6/25/2026, 7:42 PM

Biased Writer Voice 38.4% - Negativity Bias 34.9% - Optimism Bias 27.7%

Our Health Care System Is Broken Beyond Repair. We Need Medicare for All. Repealing Medicare cuts and restoring ACA subsidies are the first step. But ultimately, we need universal health care. We are in a health care crisis. Our system of care is beyond dysfunctional, driven by profit, and unable to serve the Americans who are the most... more

MAHA has inspired a wave of medical professionals to run for office ^20.9%

MS NOW - By Elizabeth Maline - 6/9/2026, 2:57 PM

Hasty Generalization 24.8% - Negativity Bias 20.6% - Confirmation Bias 16.4%

President Donald Trump’s first term sent a wave of national security professionals into politics. His second term is doing the same for public health experts. Across the country, doctors, scientists and public health officials are running for state and federal office, citing their frustrations with cuts to public health funding,... more

Nearly half of Missouri ACA healthcare plans are now higher cost and lower quality ^43.2%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Najifa Farhat - 4/27/2026, 9:00 AM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 33.6% - Appeal to Authority 13.7% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 13.1%

Missourians are increasingly opting for lower-cost health insurance plans that come with higher out-of-pocket expenses, as rising premiums continue to strain affordability in the Affordable Care Act marketplace. About half of all Missouri enrollees chose bronze plans in 2026 — the lowest-premium option with the highest deductibles — a... more

Nancy Pelosi’s prediction for female candidates ^0%

MS NOW - By Ali Vitali - 3/31/2026, 9:53 AM

Ambiguity (Equivocation) 25.8% - Self-Serving Bias 13.4% - Negativity Bias 10.8%

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As she prepares to leave Washington after nearly 40 years in Congress, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking stock of the ceilings she has broken — as well as the ones that remain intact. “I always thought the American people were much more ready for ‘Madam President’ than Congress was for ‘Madam Speaker,’ because it is... more

As insurance prices rise, women puzzle through coverage options for their families ^79.8%

NPR - By Lynn Arditi - 12/26/2025, 10:00 AM

As the clock ticked down on 2025, B. had been agonizing over her family's insurance options. She was looking for another full-time job with benefits, but so far hadn't found one. The premium prices she was seeing for 2026 Affordable Care Act plans were alarming. She had just about decided that she and her husband would drop coverage, and... more

Millions of soon-to-be uninsured Americans are looking for a 'plan B' ^21.3%

NPR (From WPLN News) - By Blake Farmer - 12/19/2025, 3:07 PM

It's feeding time for the animals on this property outside Nashville. An albino raccoon named Cricket reaches through the wires of its cage to grab an animal cracker — an appetizer treat right before the evening meal. "Cricket is blind," said Robert Sory, who is trying to open a nonprofit animal sanctuary along with his wife Emily. "A... more

Personas en Utah con condiciones preexistentes enfrentan alzas del seguro de salud ^59.7%

KUER - By Hugo Rikard-Bell - 12/16/2025, 11:25 PM

Brick Williams es maestro de guitarra y uno de los 400,000 habitantes de Utah que compran seguro médico en el mercado de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio. You can find an English-language version of the story here. — En el sótano amueblado de una casa en Highland, Utah, Brick Williams sostenía su guitarra, punteando lentamente... more