What Do We Need to Know About the ACA? with Charles Gaba

Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

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4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Healthcare analyst and ACA expert Charles Gaba joins us to explain what freelancers, artists, and anyone with unpredictable income really need to know about this year’s open enrollment. We cover rising premiums, the danger of auto-renewals, and how to avoid surprise tax bills or lost subsidies. Whether you're switching plans or signing up for the first time, this episode breaks down what the ACA does—and doesn’t—offer the creative class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, book nerds.
0:02.7	Ever wonder what today's most celebrated writers are actually reading?
0:06.1	What books inspired them or their most controversial book opinions?
0:10.1	Well, join me Elena Pasellello on Open Book,
0:13.0	a new literary podcast from Live Wire Radio, PRX, and Powell's books.
0:17.3	Each week I'll talk to best-selling authors like Karen Russell and Melissa Fibos on bookish topics and so much more.
0:23.4	So cozy up and crack a spine.
0:25.5	Open book drops June 11th wherever you get your podcast.
0:34.7	It's the end of the year, which means two things for a lot of us. Well, all of us have taxes coming.
0:42.3	But if you're a creative in the gig economy, you are trying to figure out your health insurance for next year.
0:48.6	Yep. If you're a freelancer, creator, or anyone working outside a traditional job, you can feel like full-time gig on his own.
0:56.5	This week, we've got a different kind of episode. We're talking with health policy expert Charles
1:01.7	Gaba about the changes to the Affordable Care Act. We get into how to protect yourself from
1:06.6	surprise tax bills. I wish I'd heard this sooner. What's changed and why coverage is both more
1:12.3	accessible and more confusing than ever. The creative economy is broken, but some people are
1:19.7	still making it work. We're here to find out how. This week, we're literally like, it's the
1:25.6	nuts and bolts of finding out how.
1:28.7	I'm Anna Marie Cox.
1:29.9	And I'm open Mike Eagle.
1:31.8	And this is past due.
1:38.1	Charles, welcome to the show.
1:39.8	Thank you for covering me.
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