The Losers of 2013

A photo slideshow of the people who came out behind in 2013.

Boehner
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was urged to resign over the botched HealthCare.gov rollout.Read our year in review cover story
American Hospital Association CEO Richard Umbdenstock, Federation of American Hospitals CEO Chip Kahn, and state hospital association leaders fell short on many hospital lobbying issues, including the continued budget sequester, not delaying Medicare DSH cuts, and failing to persuade almost half the states to expand Medicaid.Read our year in review cover story
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz pushed congressional Republicans into the politically disastrous government shutdown to block Obamacare.Read our year in review cover story
Americans who tried to sign up for exchange coverage in October and November spent countless hours struggling with the dysfunctional insurance exchange websites.Read our year in review cover story
Americans who had decent individual-market health plans that were canceled, some of whom (such as Dean and Mary Lou Griffin of Chadds Ford, Pa.) will have to pay higher premiums in 2014.Read our year in review cover story
Low-income Americans living in states not expanding Medicaid (such as Florida, where these residents and lawmakers spoke out on the matter) will not qualify for either Medicaid or subsidized private coverage despite having incomes below 100% of the federal poverty level.Read our year in review cover story