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Leader of California's Muscular Obamacare Exchange to Step Down

Bernard J. Wolfson and Angela Hart
Sep 17, 2021 8:46 AM - Peter Lee, who has steered California's Affordable Care Act marketplace since late 2011 and helped mold it into a model of what the federal health care law could achieve, announced Thursday he will leave his post in March. As executive director of Covered California, Lee has worked closely with the administrations of Democratic presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden to expand health coverage to millions of people who don't get it through an employer or government program, most of them aided by income-based financial assistance from the state or federal government. Over 1.6 million people are now enrolled in plans through the exchange, which has covered 5.3 million Californians since it started selling health plans.
The next attack on the Affordable Care Act may cost you free preventive health care

Paul Shafer
Sep 7, 2021 8:02 AM - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Obama health law

By MARK SHERMAN
Jun 17, 2021 12:45 PM - The Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to the Obama era health care law on Thursday, turning aside an effort by Republican-led states to throw out the law that provides insurance coverage for millions of Americans.
Leading Dems seek input on 'public option' health care plan

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
May 26, 2021 1:51 PM - Two leading congressional Democrats are calling for ideas on a 'œpublic option' health insurance plan, a campaign promise of President Joe Biden's that faces long odds politically
Liz Weston: You may be entitled to free health insurance now

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet
May 15, 2021 6:00 AM - The latest coronavirus relief package did more than dole out $1,400 checks. The law also made health insurance free for millions more people and reduced costs for others, at least for now.
New enrollment window opens for health insurance shoppers

By TOM MURPHY
Feb 15, 2021 8:21 AM - A sign-up window opened Monday for government insurance markets and runs through May 15 in most states. It's available for people who don't have coverage through work, and it is expected to make finding a plan less of a hassle for those who lost a job.
How the Affordable Care Act can keep people out of prison

Erkmen G. Aslim
Feb 12, 2021 10:02 AM - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
Biden to reopen 'Obamacare' markets for COVID-19 relief

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Jan 27, 2021 7:12 AM - Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Joe Biden plans to reopen the HealthCare.gov insurance markets for a special signup opportunity geared to people needing coverage in the coronavirus pandemic.
'An Arm and a Leg': Obamacare alum Andy Slavitt takes stock of the COVID pandemic - so far

Dan Weissmann
Dec 8, 2020 3:09 PM - Andy Slavitt has spent much of 2020 talking with almost everybody who knows anything about the COVID-19 pandemic - and sharing what he learns in real time, first on Twitter, then on his pandemic podcast, "In the Bubble."
Affordable Care Act open enrollment runs through Dec. 15

Submitted by State Sen. Laura Fine
Nov 25, 2020 1:12 AM - State Sen. Laura Fine reminds Illinois residents to explore insurance coverage options during open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, which runs through Dec. 15.

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