/tags/affordable-care-act Affordable Care Act en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:00:26 GMT /local-news/2021-02-15/as-biden-reopens-aca-enrollment-are-you-eligible-to-sign-up-or-switch-health-plans The federal insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov, has reopened for changes and new sign-ups until May 15. But states with their own exchanges have different rules. Here's what you need to know. Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:00:26 GMT /local-news/2021-02-15/as-biden-reopens-aca-enrollment-are-you-eligible-to-sign-up-or-switch-health-plans Michelle Andrews /vpr-news/2021-01-28/biden-revokes-trump-abortion-policy-takes-steps-to-shore-up-affordable-care-act One executive order opens a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act from Feb. 15 to May 15. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:31:27 GMT /vpr-news/2021-01-28/biden-revokes-trump-abortion-policy-takes-steps-to-shore-up-affordable-care-act Jaclyn Diaz /vpr-news/2020-11-10/will-supreme-court-invalidate-obamacare-a-decade-after-it-was-enacted There would be enormous consequences were the court to throw out the ACA, which has survived twice in the high court. But the court's makeup is very different now than on those past occasions. Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:01:00 GMT /vpr-news/2020-11-10/will-supreme-court-invalidate-obamacare-a-decade-after-it-was-enacted Nina Totenberg /vpr-news/2020-10-27/if-the-aca-falls-protecting-preexisting-conditions-could-be-harder-than-it-sounds Though the Trump administration is trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act in court, it's vowed that people with health problems will still be able to get insured. Here's why that could be tricky. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:00:02 GMT /vpr-news/2020-10-27/if-the-aca-falls-protecting-preexisting-conditions-could-be-harder-than-it-sounds Selena Simmons-Duffin /local-news/2020-10-20/the-affordable-care-acts-fate-is-in-flux-but-2021-health-plan-prices-are-stable The Affordable Care Act's future is uncertain and there's no end in sight to the pandemic. But for the 2021 insurance year consumers can expect to see modest increases in prices, if any. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:00:09 GMT /local-news/2020-10-20/the-affordable-care-acts-fate-is-in-flux-but-2021-health-plan-prices-are-stable Julie Appleby /vpr-news/2019-07-12/aca-constitutionality-lawsuit-explained-how-it-could-or-wont-impact-vermonters The Affordable Care Act â€� a.k.a. Obamacare â€� is making headlines once again as a lawsuit moves through the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which willâ€� Fri, 12 Jul 2019 21:13:39 GMT /vpr-news/2019-07-12/aca-constitutionality-lawsuit-explained-how-it-could-or-wont-impact-vermonters Elodie Reed /vpr-news/2017-12-11/state-officials-enrollment-for-the-affordable-care-act-ends-friday-act-now The additional outreach efforts are taking place because the overall enrollment period this year for the Affordable Care Act is much shorter than pastâ€� Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:24:52 GMT /vpr-news/2017-12-11/state-officials-enrollment-for-the-affordable-care-act-ends-friday-act-now Bob Kinzel /vpr-news/2017-11-21/vermonts-top-health-care-official-urges-congress-to-keep-individual-mandate In the next few weeks, the U.S. Senate will consider a Republican tax plan and it's very likely that the future of the Obamacare individual healthâ€� Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:08:38 GMT /vpr-news/2017-11-21/vermonts-top-health-care-official-urges-congress-to-keep-individual-mandate Bob Kinzel /vpr-news/2017-10-27/vermont-health-connect-has-solved-many-of-its-problems-as-new-enrollment-begins Officials say the technical problems at Vermont Health Connect have been largely resolved as the health exchange's open enrollment period begins onâ€� Fri, 27 Oct 2017 21:23:14 GMT /vpr-news/2017-10-27/vermont-health-connect-has-solved-many-of-its-problems-as-new-enrollment-begins Bob Kinzel /vpr-news/2017-10-24/proposed-cut-to-health-care-subsidies-wont-affect-12-000-vermonters-with-silver-plans Last week, President Donald Trump announced that his administration was going to terminate federal subsidies that are paid to health insurance companiesâ€� Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:32:13 GMT /vpr-news/2017-10-24/proposed-cut-to-health-care-subsidies-wont-affect-12-000-vermonters-with-silver-plans Bob Kinzel