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Selina Simmons-Duffin

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NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 10PM EST

He says the enhanced subsidies paper over rising health costs and enable fraud.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 10PM EST

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia responded that the health care system is like a patient in the ICU.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 10PM EST

The deadline for enrollees to pick a plan that begins next year is December 15th.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 10PM EST

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 8PM EST

There's a common misconception that insurance company profits are the main driver of rising prices, says Cynthia Cox of the nonpartisan health research organization KFF.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 8PM EST

Instead, she says it's what doctors and hospitals charge that drives higher costs compared to other countries.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 8PM EST

She says it's not that Americans use more health care.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 8PM EST

Americans just pay more for the care that they do use.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 8PM EST

Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 8PM EST

Please.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-22-2025 8PM EST

Where'd you get that?

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-13-2025 7AM EST

The enhanced premium subsidies that have kept costs down for enrollees expire at the end of the year.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-13-2025 7AM EST

Without them, costs are going up.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-13-2025 7AM EST

For Amy Jackson of Butler, Missouri, her premium is going from under $300 a month to $1,250.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-13-2025 7AM EST

She's not sure congressional lawmakers understand.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-13-2025 7AM EST

You know, for them, $1,000 is probably nothing.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-13-2025 7AM EST

It's probably what they blow on dinner.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-13-2025 7AM EST

But for me, that's half of my wage.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-13-2025 7AM EST

She has breast cancer and is trying to get as much treatment as possible into this calendar year.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-13-2025 7AM EST

She's been calling her representatives and telling them that people like her need help now.