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Updated: January 26, 2026 Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, the KFF Health Tracking Poll has provided routine measures of public opinion of the health care reform law. Public opinion on the ACA has shifted over the years, most notably following Republicans’ unsuccessful efforts to repeal it during the first Trump administration. While overall opinion of the ACA has been more favorable than unfavorable since 2017, there remain deep partisan divides. This page examines how specific groups feel about the law and how those opinions have changed or not changed over time. Access all KFF…
As the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market looks to build on its recent strong performance and capitalise on opportunities that are being presented, the need for the sector to do so in a sustainable way came into focus at our ILS NYC 2026 conference held in New York last Friday.We held our Artemis ILS NYC 2026 conference on February 6th in New York and with over 450 people registered for the day it was our busiest ever. Attendees represented the majority of the insurance-linked securities market, insurance and reinsurance buyers of protection in catastrophe bond and ILS formats, our…
On February 5, the Appellate Division, First Department, ruled that James River Insurance Company must defend A1 Specialized, Inc. in an underlying tort action, despite the change order requiring such coverage never being formally signed by the parties.
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion expanded Medicaid coverage to nearly all adults with incomes up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level ($21,597 for an individual in 2025) and provided states with an enhanced federal matching rate (FMAP) for their expansion populations. To date, 41 states (including DC) have adopted the Medicaid expansion and 10 states have not adopted the expansion. Current status for each state is based on KFF tracking and analysis of state expansion activity. These data are also available in a table format. The map may be downloaded as a Powerpoint.
The Delaware Department of Insurance stated that, beyond its original focus on consumer complaint investigations, it now requests that carriers provide direct telephone numbers and email addresses for each contact type listed on UCAA Form 14, so the Department can reach the appropriate representative without delay; the Department noted that missing direct contact information can slow consumer matter resolutions by forcing investigators to use generic company inboxes.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that despite ongoing talks to end the war, “we must be clear-eyed: Russia will only come to the table with genuine intent if it is pressured to do so.” The shipping services ban, which would need to be endorsed by EU member states, would “slash further Russia’s energy revenues and make it more difficult to find buyers for its oil,” she said. Oil revenue is the linchpin of Russia’s economy, allowing President Vladimir Putin to pour money into the armed forces without worsening inflation for everyday people and avoiding a currency collapse.…
A small Tennessee hospital that was destroyed by a surging river during Hurricane Helene will soon be rebuilt on low-lying farmland that could face several feet of flooding in a much smaller storm, risking another disaster if the new facility is not built to withstand extreme weather, according to a KFF Health News analysis. Ballad Health announced in January that it would spend about $44 million to rebuild the 10-bed Unicoi County Hospital in a field behind a Walmart in Unicoi, Tennessee, about 7 miles from the shuttered hospital that was the site of catastrophic flooding and a daring helicopter…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last week filed documents in federal court to compel NAPA Auto Parts to comply with a subpoena. Back in May 2024, the EEOC filed a change under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Atlanta-based Genuine Parts Company, doing business as NAPA Auto Parts. EEOC issued a subpoena as part of investigation into NAPA’s hiring practices, specifically allegations that the company failed to hire and recruit Black job candidates since 2019. The Legal Defense Fund at the time sent a letter to the EEOC asking for a formal investigation into the…
From October 7, 2022, when the 30-day deadline passed, to September 29, 2023, when the policy finally arrived, 356 days elapsed. At $100 per day, that came to $35,600. The case now goes back to the trial court to enter that judgment and consider Bohanan’s request for attorney fees.
The family of an 8-year-old girl who remains missing after being swept away by Hill Country flooding that struck Camp Mystic last summer is suing its owners and demanding a judge prevent its reopening. The 100-page lawsuit, filed by Catherine and Will Steward, the parents of Cecilia “Cile” Steward, is the fifth from the family members of 25 campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic who died during the catastrophic July 4 flooding. The girls, called “Heaven’s 27,” were among the more than 130 people killed during the flood. The Stewards’ suit and the four others, which were filed in…
CyberCube, a specialist modelling firm for cyber risks and the third-party modelling agent for many of the cyber catastrophe bonds that have been issued so far, has announced a new CEO, with its Chief Growth Officer Chris Methven taking on the top role, as Pascal Millaire becomes a Senior Adviser to the company.The cyber risk modelling specialist said the change at the top comes as it sets out its stall for future development, following on the heels of a significant more than $180 million investment in the company led by Spectrum Equity last year. Methven joined CyberCube in April 2020…
Facebook, Google and other tech giants for more than a decade have rejected allegations that they build products deliberately to get kids addicted to social media. For the first time, company executives, including Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, will answer these accusations in front of a jury as part of a trial that’s drawing comparisons to Big Tobacco’s reckoning with consumer addiction three decades ago. Facebook and Instagram parent Meta and Google’s YouTube are at the center of the trial, with Zuckerberg expected to testify in Los Angeles as early as next week. The trial will serve…
Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he’s finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones. For every crawfish Courville dumps out of a trap, three or four snails clang onto the boat’s metal sorting table. About the size of a baseball when fully grown, apple snails stubbornly survive all kinds of weather in fields, pipes and drainage ditches and can lay thousands of bubblegum-colored eggs every month. “It’s very disheartening,” Courville said. “The most discouraging part, actually, is not having much control over it.” Apple…