End of Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Puts Tribal Health Lifeline at Risk By Katheryn Houghton and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez February 11, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/tribal-health-enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-funding-shortages/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--nmUqrqanYkgXlXQrdrnkqEXLFhl0QX3ijbP6s6LDVVPvMhVMZNy1X_LxF_lWJq6S9ZiHc8VnzUxGI8HsoM9fI6S706g&_hsmi=403116215&utm_content=403116215&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: End Of Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Puts Tribal Health Lifeline At Risk Leonard Bighorn said his mother tried for two years to get help for severe stomach pain through the limited health services available near her home on the Fort Peck Reservation in northeastern Montana. After his mom finally saw a specialist in Glasgow, about an hour away, she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, Bighorn said. Now, 16 years after his mother’s death, Bighorn has access to regular screenings for cancer and other specialty care that she didn’t have, through a health insurance program the Fort Peck Tribes created in 2016. (Houghton and Orozco Rodriguez, 2/11)