Affordable Care Act

As Thursday's sign-up deadline approached, Florida still has the most people of any state on ACA plans despite the largest drop after lawmakers did not extend enhanced subsidies.

Sign-ups are down nationally as extended tax credits approved during the COVID pandemic expired. As the enrollment deadline approached, Florida showed the largest drop: more than 260,000 fewer people.

An estimated 4.8 million people are expected to go without health coverage because Congress did not extend enhanced ACA subsidies. But even without a health plan, people will need medical care in 2026.

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, breaks down how the expired credits are affecting consumers and what lawmakers may do next. Thursday is the last day to sign up for 2026 coverage.

The House passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Members of the Senate are working on an alternative bill.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we discuss what’s at stake for Florida as the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire. Plus, property tax reform, a man who has witnessed hundreds of detention hearings in a Florida federal immigration court and more.

Many progressive-leaning organizations in Florida said they have been lobbying Congress for months to extend the subsidies because they make health insurance more affordable.

Investigators from the GAO were able to register nearly 20 fake ACA enrollments in a probe of healthcare.gov. The federal government paid subsidies to insurers for some of the fake customers.

In the wake of the impasse with Florida Blue, Broward Health has agreed to accept insurance from Oscar Health, one of the larger carriers on the marketplace in Florida.

The survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF finds that marketplace enrollees overwhelmingly support an extension of the subsidies.

Prices are spiking as temporary COVID-era subsidies end and insurers raise rates to offset people leaving the coverage pool. For many, the premiums will be too high to retain their plan.

On "Florida Matters: Live & Local," we break down soaring health care costs, dive into the legend of Florida Man, and celebrate art rising from the sands of Siesta Key.