“We Literally Have No Insurance. We’re Terrified of a Major Accident, or Even Just a Diagnosis,” Said 64-Year-Old Rachel From Maine. [Maine Morning Star]
Trump and Republicans are crushing Americans under the weight of their unmitigated health care affordability crisis. After they ripped away health tax credits to bankroll tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations, premiums for millions have doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled. Now, countless families are saddled with hundreds to thousands of dollars in cost increases for the care they rely on. Despite Trump’s gaslighting, coverage has documented the carnage of the GOP’s enraging billionaire- and corporate-first agenda: Retirees, like Rachel from Maine, have a gnawing fear of getting sick because Trump and Republicans have jacked up their premiums from $200 to over $2,800 per month, pricing her out of coverage entirely. Small business owners, like Phillip from Pennsylvania, are writing op-eds after Republicans hiked his premiums to $700 a month, forcing him to make impossible decisions about his future and his employees.
The GOP’s billionaire- and corporate-first agenda has lobbed working Americans’ lives into sheer madness. It’s no wonder, then, that health care affordability is Americans’ top pocketbook concern and is poised to galvanize key voters in the midterms. Americans know who is responsible for this insanity and their financial precarity. And for those who don’t, Protect Our Care will be sounding the alarm in our new, month-long, seven-figure campaign: “Technical Foul: The GOP’s Health Care Madness.”
Recent National Coverage
The New York Times: New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000
KFF Health News: ‘Kind of Morbid’: Health Premiums Threaten Their Nest Egg. A Terminal Diagnosis May Spare It.
Business Insider: Waiting for Medicare and Skipping Prescriptions: Meet the Americans on the Brink of Losing Health Insurance
Modern Healthcare: Hospitals Do the Math on Upcoming ACA Coverage Losses
MoneyWise: Millions May Drop ACA Coverage With 114% Premium Spike. Experts Warn of a Potential ‘Death Spiral’ That Could Push Premiums Higher for Everyone Else
California
CalMatters: Californians Are Staying Insured — But Settling for Health Coverage They May Not Use
The Press Democrat: Why ACA Enrollment Is Falling for the First Time in Years
Georgia
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Opinion: GA. Small Businesses Shouldn’t Have to Sacrifice Health Care Coverage to Grow
Louisiana
Nola.com: After Enhanced Obamacare Health Insurance Subsidies Expire, the Effects Are Starting to Show
Maine
Maine Morning Star: Thousands of Mainers Are Living Without Health Insurance Since Premiums Skyrocketed
Michigan
Manchester Mirror: Washtenaw Health Project Reports Significant Drop in Marketplace Enrollment as Premium Costs Surge
Nevada
Governing: Nevada’s Public Option Launch Falls Short of Early Enrollment Goals
New Jersey
NJ.com: Health Insurance Sticker Shock Drove Thousands to Drop or Slash Coverage in N.J.
North Carolina
Public News Service: NC Sees Largest Drop in Coverage After Health Care Credits Expire
The Beacon Tribune: ACA Enrollment Dropped 22% in North Carolina, More Than Any Other State
Pennsylvania
Fox56: Pennie: Nearly 20,000 Dropped Health Coverage in Pennsylvania in February Alone
WJAC: Pennie: More Than 104K Pennsylvanians Forced to Drop Statewide Health Coverage
The Well: Opinion: My Health Insurance Just Jumped to $700 a Month. The Senate Can Fix This.
Virginia
The Virginia Independent: Virginians Struggle With the Consequences of Republican Funding Cuts
National Today: Richmond Families Face Rising Health Costs as ACA Tax Credits Expire
WTVR: Virginia ACA Enrollment Drops by More Than 44,000 as Federal Tax Credits Expire
WFRX: Around 25,000 Virginians Have Lost Their ACA Health Insurance Coverage Since January
Daily News Record: Opinion: Bring Back ACA Subsidies
Page Valley News: Opinion: Expiration of ACA Subsidies Hitting Many of Our Neighbors Hard in Page County
West Virginia
Public News Service: Older, Rural WV Residents Most Affected by Loss of ACA Tax Credits