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Average Affordable Care Act premiums in Wisconsin would have been 56% higher this year without temporary subsidies from the federal government, and small-business advocates say a new extension is a big help when smaller firms are trying to get back on their financial feet. The Inflation Reduction Act included a provision to extend the ACA's premium subsidies through 2025. The extra tax credits are from an earlier pandemic relief package and were set to run though this year. ...

New poll results released today showed a majority of South Dakota voters support the expansion of Medicaid. This fall, South Dakotans will be asked to vote on Amendment D, which would expand eligibility for the public health insurance program. The American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network is out with a new poll which found 62% of likely voters in South Dakota plan to vote "yes" on the ballot question. ...

Advocates for expanding child care in North Dakota are responding to the governor's proposal to improve access across the state. They said it is a step in the right direction, but argued there are other solutions in need of more attention. Yesterday, Gov. ...

A Baltimore elementary school is getting a helping hand this week from folks who haven't been elementary students in quite a while. The community garden and outdoor classroom at James McHenry Elementary School in Baltimore is getting a major refresh tomorrow, as about 30 volunteers gather to fix it up. Volunteers from a group called Out Teach and AARP Maryland teamed up to create the project in 2018, and have helped to maintain it alongside the students and staff ever since. ...

/PRNewswire/ -- The New York StateWide Senior Action Council (StateWide) today announced the results of its 2021 Elderly Economic Security Index (EESI)...