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ACA enrollees face brutal choices as vanishing subsidies make coverage impossible

For millions of people who buy coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, 2026 is not just another enrollment year. The lapse of enhanced premium tax credits has collided with steep rate hikes, turning what was once subsidized protection into a financial crisis. Instead of choosing among plans, many ACA enrollees are now weighing whether…

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Jerome Powell warns housing will be a major US crisis and says the Fed can’t fix it alone in 2026

Jerome Powell is trying to do something unusual for a central banker: lower expectations. After a string of rate cuts and a modest retreat in mortgage costs, the Federal Reserve chair is warning that housing will remain one of the country’s most acute economic problems in 2026 and that monetary policy alone cannot repair the…

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