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His COBRA Premium Was $22 More Than His Rent — How a 28-Year-Old Sacramento Manager Finally Found Affordable Health Coverage
Medicaid

His COBRA Premium Was $22 More Than His Rent — How a 28-Year-Old Sacramento Manager Finally Found Affordable Health Coverage

A Sacramento restaurant manager paid $847/month for COBRA — more than his rent — before…

April 8, 2026 • Camille Joséphine Archer
My Husband Lost His Job in January — Navigating Medicaid and the Coverage Gap Nearly Broke Us
Medicaid

My Husband Lost His Job in January — Navigating Medicaid and the Coverage Gap Nearly Broke Us

The waiting room at the Franklin County Job and Family Services office smells like fluorescent…

April 1, 2026 • Camille Joséphine Archer
I Lost My Medicaid Coverage Mid-Treatment — What the Unwinding Process Cost Me and How to Fight Back
Medicaid

I Lost My Medicaid Coverage Mid-Treatment — What the Unwinding Process Cost Me and How to Fight Back

Have you ever opened a letter from your state Medicaid agency and realized — too…

April 1, 2026 • Camille Joséphine Archer
I Made Too Much for Medicaid and Too Little for My Prescriptions — One Tennessee Family’s Search for Coverage After a Layoff
Housing

I Made Too Much for Medicaid and Too Little for My Prescriptions — One Tennessee Family’s Search for Coverage After a Layoff

The first thing Brenda Mendez showed me when I sat down at her kitchen table…

April 1, 2026 • Camille Joséphine Archer
When COBRA Cost More Than Our Rent, This Omaha Family Had to Rethink Everything About Health Coverage
Medicaid

When COBRA Cost More Than Our Rent, This Omaha Family Had to Rethink Everything About Health Coverage

Most people assume that losing a job is the hard part. The paperwork, the coverage…

April 1, 2026 • Dr. Eliot Soren Vance
Her Husband Lost His Job and They Earn Too Much for Medicaid — Grace Norwood’s Search for Coverage Hit a Wall Nobody Warned Her About
Medicaid

Her Husband Lost His Job and They Earn Too Much for Medicaid — Grace Norwood’s Search for Coverage Hit a Wall Nobody Warned Her About

The open enrollment window for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans closed on January 15, 2026…

March 31, 2026 • Camille Joséphine Archer
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