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HEALTHCARE COSTS AND COVERAGE Modern Healthcare: PacificSource To Quit ACA Exchanges, Exit Montana Market PacificSource Health Plans is the latest health insurance company to pull out of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 marketplaces. The nonprofit insurer will not offer exchange plans in Idaho, Montana, Oregon or Washington next year. PacificSource Health Plans will entirely leave Montana, where it currently covers 42,000 members in Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored and marketplace plans. The insurer has more than 500,000 members in those four states. About 30,000 are exchange enrollees, according to the consulting firm Evensun Health. (Tepper, 5/22) https://www.modernhealthcare.com/insurance/mh-pacificsource-aca-exchanges-montana/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8WnUQ2AoUcQJTPyh0aM6K1sYLk68rrYfMY0qBO-SJpRLaao-6cmI19CelxpmjStw_ljO-2lFdsU9mG8NK9EYqeqFkqig&_hsmi=420530587&utm_content=420530587&utm_source=hs_email Politico: RFK Jr., States At Odds Over Cause Of Obamacare’s Enrollment Declines Both the Trump administration and state officials agree on the numerical fact: People this year are dropping their Obamacare coverage — to the tune of 1.2 million people out of a total enrollment of 24.3 million as of March, according to the latest federal data. But they are at odds over why. (King and Hooper, 5/25) https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/25/obamacare-affordability-premiums-fraud-midterms-looming-00930051?utm_campaign=KHN:+First+Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_TOkNu9apdHmqMirJQj74coPsfTlVYdkHBPV8YiWK6YHLdrKwrlYb3h-xsxfA0rQLHsyYizPeiRTWQjaKwntrdNCzuxA&_hsmi=420530587&utm_content=420530587&utm_source=hs_email Modern Healthcare: Hospital Pricing Under Fire From GOP, Insurers And Employers Hospitals are under attack in Washington, and not just by their longtime foes in the insurance and drug industries. Those political powerhouses have indeed stepped up campaigns targeting hospitals, and all sides have ramped up spending on lobbyists. But increasingly others, including employers and conservative groups, have weighed in. Lawmakers in GOP-run Washington appear to be listening. (McAuliff, 5/22) https://www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-regulation/mh-hospital-pricing-gop-insurers-employers/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8I0y5l7o3scKWARK9Nfi4XlfsyaE7fbuzuEsY5CcajNQIDtrla0ZX9Kv2rLOMBIv-narNC-PVoWl2QCb1QGjSGc7ZP7A&_hsmi=420530587&utm_content=420530587&utm_source=hs_email