Journalists Update Listeners on Expiration of Insurance Subsidies and New Rural Health Funding

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed changes to the Affordable Care Act in 2026 and how enrollees may be affected on WUNC’s Due South on Jan. 7.

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Read Appleby’s “Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News South Dakota correspondent Arielle Zionts discussed rural health funding on South Dakota Public Broadcasting on Dec. 22.

Read Zionts’ “Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications,” co-reported with Sarah Jane Tribble.

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed ACA subsidy expiration on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on Dec. 19.

Read Julie Appleby’s “Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers.”

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<h2>Journalists Update Listeners on Expiration of Insurance Subsidies and New Rural Health Funding</h2>
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			January 10, 2026		</time>
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<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed changes to the Affordable Care Act in 2026 and how enrollees may be affected on WUNC’s <em>Due South</em> on Jan. 7.</p><ul><li> (begins 33:00).</li><li>Read Appleby’s “<a href="/news/article/obamacare-aca-congress-price-increases-subsidies-open-enrollment/">Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers</a>.”</li></ul><p>�鶹Ů�� Health News South Dakota correspondent Arielle Zionts discussed rural health funding on South Dakota Public Broadcasting on Dec. 22.</p><ul><li></li><li>Read Zionts’ “<a href="/news/article/rural-health-transformation-program-cms-state-applications-transparency/">Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications</a>,” co-reported with Sarah Jane Tribble.</li></ul><p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed ACA subsidy expiration on WUGA’s <em>The Georgia Health Report</em> on Dec. 19.</p><ul><li></li><li>Read Julie Appleby’s “<a href="/news/article/obamacare-aca-congress-price-increases-subsidies-open-enrollment/">Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers</a>.”</li></ul><p /><ul><li><a href="/news/article/on-air-january-10-2026-aca-obamacare-premium-subsidies-rural-health-fund/?share=x">				Share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="/news/article/on-air-january-10-2026-aca-obamacare-premium-subsidies-rural-health-fund/?share=facebook">				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="/news/article/on-air-january-10-2026-aca-obamacare-premium-subsidies-rural-health-fund/?share=linkedin">				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Update%20Listeners%20on%20Expiration%20of%20Insurance%20Subsidies%20and%20New%20Rural%20Health%20Funding&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTY1ODgwOQ&share=email">				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="/news/article/on-air-january-10-2026-aca-obamacare-premium-subsidies-rural-health-fund/">				Print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li></ul><em><a href="/about-us">�鶹Ů�� Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at �鶹Ů��—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about .</em><p><a href="/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to �鶹Ů�� Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="/news/article/on-air-january-10-2026-aca-obamacare-premium-subsidies-rural-health-fund/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="">�鶹Ů�� Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"></p>
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