🐄 Obamacare premiums spike

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Read online 👋 Welcome to Healthy, Again. Every day, our team scours hundreds of sources to find information that helps you take back your health: real food, holistic thinking, and time-tested wisdom for you and your family.     Not interested in health news? Unsubscribe here →       1 Obamacare premiums jump 13 percent SOUND OFF 2 $20,000 gut "reset" retreats promise a microbiome overhaul 3 Private equity now controls a third of methadone clinics     01  Obamacare premiums jump 13 percent Health insurance premiums in the Obamacare marketplaces will rise an average of 13 percent next year, according to KFF, the health research group. That's the second year in a row of double-digit increases. Last year, premiums rose 26 percent after Congress let temporary federal subsidies expire, and enrollment has fallen by nearly five million people since. Most Obamacare customers earn less than $64,000 a year and qualify for income-based subsidies, so taxpayers will cover the extra cost. But about 10 percent of enrollees, mostly self-employed workers and early retirees, earn too much to qualify for help. For them, the average cost of the cheapest bronze plan now runs about $700 a month for a single 50-year-old.         02  $20,000 gut "reset" retreats promise a microbiome overhaul Gut health has moved beyond just eating extra fiber. People are now booking week-long wellness retreats, complete with custom meal plans, meditation, movement classes, and microbiome testing. The price tag can hit $20,000. For someone dealing with ongoing digestive pain, the idea of a clean slate sounds worth it. Research shows that your gut microbiome can shift fast. One study followed 24 people on a nine-day meditation retreat with a vegetarian diet and found a quick change in gut bacteria. Other work backs that up. The catch is those changes don't usually stick, and there's no real agreement on what a "healthy" microbiome even looks like.         AD Eye Bags and Wrinkles? 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The pitch from investors was that their money would expand treatment and build new facilities, but new research from Brown University found that's not what happened. Within two years of a private equity firm entering a county, it typically controlled 67 percent of the local methadone market. In more than a quarter of counties, a single firm owned every clinic. But methadone shipments and overdose deaths stayed flat, while some prospective investors have even recommended shutting down unprofitable rural clinics entirely.         ✿ QUICK HITS — ON OUR RADAR Regular tea drinkers cut vascular disease risk by 11 percent, according to a study of nearly 500,000 people in China. Both black and green varieties helped, with the sweet spot at 6 to 8 cups daily, brewed to moderate strength and cooled before sipping. Over half of younger adults with type 2 diabetes hit remission after six months on an intensive 800- to 900-calorie diet paired with supervised strength and cardio training, versus only 4 percent getting standard care. HHS launched a push to speed up breast cancer screening and follow-up, partnering with more than 40 health systems to close gaps in diagnostic care for women with dense breast tissue.                                                                                                                                           ​                           ​               THE COMMUNITY SECTION     ✿ SOUND OFF Are rising health insurance costs squeezing your budget? Yes, a lot A little Not really I'm on Medicare       ✿ POP QUIZ About what share of US methadone clinics do private equity firms now control? 10 percent 20 percent 35 percent 60 percent       ✿ POLL RESULTS — FROM LAST EDITION Should ultra-processed foods carry a warning label? 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️ Yes, on everything (182) 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Only on kids' foods (7) 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ No, too much regulation (11) 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Not sure (11) Yes, on everything: It needs to start somewhere. The general public is not educated on which foods are ultra-processed. — Anne Yes, on everything: They should be removed from the shelves entirely. They are toxic to our health, period. — Jim No, too much regulation: People can make choices for themselves. Government regulations drive up costs. — Kelly   211 votes                                                                                                                                         ​                           ​                   Don’t want more emails? Unsubscribe here →     Thanks for reading. Take care of yourself, and forward this to someone who needs it. — The Healthy, Again Team   © 2026 Healthy, Again. PO Box 960019 Inwood, NY 11096, United States Unsubscribe