The Trump administration’s war on health care is driving insurance premiums through the roof, and Americans from New York to California are feeling the sting. Now, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are threatening to shut down the government unless they get to end health insurance tax credits and jack up premiums even more—as high as 90 percent—for over 20 million hardworking Americans who buy their insurance on their own. Read Protect Our Care’s report on Republicans’ plan to play politics with the health insurance tax credits working people count on here.
The specter of even higher premiums for millions of Americans is already causing hospitals to shut their doors, providers to fear for their patients’ lives, and small business owners to wonder how they will keep their employees covered. Still, the GOP refuses to use its power in Congress and the White House to save Americans from further financial devastation.
Protect Our Care’s Premium Disaster Watch exposes how the Trump-GOP bill is driving up health care premiums for millions of families nationwide, putting affordable coverage further out of reach.
Recent Coverage
Spectrum News: Democrats Warn Health Care Costs for Millions Will Increase if Affordable Care Act Tax Credits Lapse
AP News: Millions Face Skyrocketing Health Insurance Costs Unless Congress Extends Subsidies
Forbes: Middle-Income Americans Hit Hard If Congress Doesn’t Extend Obamacare Credits
NBC News: Families on Obamacare Brace for Higher Health Care Premiums Next Year
NBC: Why Obamacare Funding Is a Sticking Point in the Fight to Avoid a Government Shutdown
CNBC: ACA Cliff May Mean ‘Huge Premium Shock’ for 22 Million People in 2026, Expert Says
AARP: Older Adults Face Spike in Health Insurance Costs as ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Are Set to Expire
Bloomberg: Insurers Warn Against Delay in Extending Obamacare Subsidies
Fierce Healthcare: Delaying ACA Subsidy Legislation Past Sept. 30 Limits Next Year’s Premium Reductions: CBO
STAT: Here’s Who Will Be Hit With Higher Premiums if ACA Enhanced Subsidies Expire
New Republic: A Health Care Cost Bomb Is Coming—Unless Congress Acts
Axios: Surging Health Costs Bode Ill for Workers Next Year
Fast Company: Healthcare Costs Could Explode in 2026
Washington Post: The GOP Cut Parts of Obamacare. Now It’s at the Center of a Funding Fight.
Axios: GOP Considers Changing and Extending ACA Subsidies
Punchbowl News: GOP Eyes Coming Obamacare Cliff
Healthcare Innovation: Impact of Federal Budget Cuts on Healthcare Costs for Working Families in the Northeast
CBS News: With ACA Costs on the Rise, Trump Team Promotes More Limited Catastrophic Health Insurance Plans
Fierce Healthcare: Opinion: Congress Must Extend the Healthcare Tax Credit to Keep Care Affordable for Millions
Courthouse News: Democrats Push for Permanent Extension of Expiring Health Care Subsidies
Colorado
Colorado Newsline: Polis Urges Congress to Extend Health Insurance Premium Tax Credits
Delaware
Bay to Bay News: Delaware Leads Coalition of 18 States Urging Continuation of Federal Health Insurance Tax Credits
Delaware Online: Meyer, 17 Governors Sign Letter to Congress, Ask to Extend Health Marketplace Tax Credits
Florida
Gulf Coast News Now: Florida Braces for Health Care Changes as Obamacare Tax Credits Set to Expire
Tallahassee Democrat: ‘Unwelcome Mat’: Health Insurance Threatened for Millions of Florida Families
Florida Phoenix: Up, Up, and Away: 2026 Health Insurance Premiums Set to Double for Millions of Floridians
Pensacola News Journal: Opinion: Congress Must Extend Healthcare Tax Credits Before It’s Too Late
Georgia
Georgia Recorder: Expiration of Premium Tax Credits Spells Disaster for Rural Georgia
Kansas
KWCH: Employees and Employers Brace for a Spike in Health Insurance Premiums
KCLY: Millions at Risk of Higher Health Costs as ACA Tax Credit Expiration Looms
Maryland
Maryland Matters: Health Advocates, State Officials Brace for ‘Sticker Shock’ if ACA Tax Credits Expire
WMAR: Maryland Families Face Potential Loss of Affordable Healthcare as Federal Subsidies Set to Expire
Michigan
Detroit News: Michigan Dems Push Extension of Obamacare Tax Subsidies in Shutdown Fight, GOP Balks
Minnesota
MinnPost: 90,000 Minnesotans Face Big Health Insurance Premium Hikes Without Congressional Action
Missouri
KSDK: Missouri Workers Can Bet on Paying More for Health Insurance Next Year
New York
Axios: Exclusive: New York Scraps Expanded State Health Coverage, Citing GOP Budget Law
Oklahoma
Journal Record: Loss of Health Care Tax Credit Looms for Oklahomans
Pennsylvania
PennLive: Nurses, Health Care Workers Urge Sen. Fetterman to Protect Insurance Premiums
Morning Call: Opinion: Time Is Running Out to Stop Unprecedented Health Care Cost Increases for Nearly 50,000 Pennsylvanians
Tennessee
WTVF: Congress Faces Pressure to Extend Health Insurance Tax Credits Before Year-End Expiration
Texas
Denton Record-Chronicle: North Texas Health Care, Community Leaders Warn Loss of ACA Tax Credit Could Hurt Patients
Vermont
VT Digger: ‘It Couldn’t Come at a Worse Time’: Vermont Grapples With the Potential End of Covid-Era Federal Subsidies for Marketplace Health Insurance
Virginia
Punchbowl News: Va. Democrats Push ACA Credit Extension
Richmond Times Dispatch: VA. Representatives Spar as Health Insurance Sticker Shock Looms
Virginian-Pilot: Opinion: Expiration of EPTCs would raise health care costs for Virginians
Virginia Mercury: Virginia Democrats and Some Republicans Want to Extend ACA Tax Credits as Shutdown Looms
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond’s Mama J’s Joins Call to Save Health Care Credits
Virginia Independent: Virginia Democrats in Congress Call for Permanent Health Insurance Premium Subsidies
Washington
Spokesman-Review: Washington Health Insurance Premiums to Soar in 2026 Amid Rising Costs and Expiring Tax Credits
Wisconsin
WKBT: Health Care Funding Concerns Rise as ACA Premium Tax Credits Set to Expire