Americans across the country are being squeezed by rising health care costs after Donald Trump and Republicans ripped away Affordable Care Act tax credits that helped more than 22 million people afford coverage — all to help pay for tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Premiums are soaring by hundreds or even thousands of dollars more a month, insurers are pulling out of marketplaces, and millions of families are being priced out of the care they depend on to stay healthy and alive. From coast to coast, national and local outlets are documenting a growing affordability crisis that Republicans created, and working families are being left to pay the price. Experts warn that the number of uninsured Americans will continue to climb as more families are forced to drop coverage altogether.
Throughout the month of June, Protect Our Care is blasting Republicans for their health care crisis ahead of the one-year anniversary of their big, ugly bill on July 4th.
Recent National Coverage
Vox: Millions of Americans Are Losing Their Health Insurance
Georgetown University: Some States Blunted the Impact of Lost Federal Marketplace Subsidies, But Efforts Will Be Hard to Sustain
Healthcare Finance News: PacificSource Latest Insurer to Exit the ACA
Latin Times: States Push Back on Trump Explanation for Massive Obamacare Enrollment Drop: ‘Fraud Is Not a Driver of Coverage Loss’
Mother Jones: The ACA Affordability Crisis Congress Won’t Fix
MarketWatch: Cancer Treatment Already Costs Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars — And It’s About to Get Even Worse
Parade: The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Strip Millions of Health Insurance—Here’s How to Protect Yourself
MoneyWise: ‘This Is Gambling’: Wary Americans Buy Skimpy, Cheap Health Plans — Are They the Answer to ‘Steepest Increase’ in Obamacare Costs?
USA Today: Opinion: Trump Couldn’t Kill Obamacare, So He Made It More Expensive
MS Now: Opinion: Predictions of a Mass Exodus From Obamacare Are Coming True
Petrie-Flom Center: Opinion: Our Country Is Eroding Its Health Insurance Safety Net While Americans Need It More Than Ever
LA Times: Opinion: The Republican Assault on Obamacare Has Created a Healthcare Bloodbath, With Worse Yet to Come
California
KTLA: Here’s Why 374,000 Californians Have Dropped Their Covered CA Insurance This Year
Los Angeles Times: Letters to the Editor: Attacks on Obamacare Are Reversing Progress That Helped Cancer Patients
Florida
Pensacola News Journal: Florida Insurance Losses Could Strain Clinics and ERs for Years
Palm Beach Post: ‘Florida Is Ground Zero for Obamacare.’ Cuts Will Hit Us Hardest.
USA Today: Thousands of Latinos Could Lose Health Coverage in Florida. Here’s Why
Georgia
The Current: Savannah Woman Works Through Injuries as Health Insurance Costs Soar
Kentucky
Reuters: Americans Are Dropping Out of Obamacare, Especially in Kentucky
Maryland
Dundalk Eagle: A Challenge for Young Marylanders: Getting – And Keeping – Health Insurance
WYPR: Maryland Seeing Higher ACA Disenrollment Rates in Beginning of 2026 After Federal Tax Credit Expiration
Massachusetts
Boston Globe: Thousands Drop Health Insurance in Mass., and Picture Is Expected to Get Worse, Experts Say
WWLP: Health Insurers Again Propose Double-Digit Premium Increases
North Carolina
The Assembly: Affordable Care Act Enrollment Dropped in Almost Every N.C. County This Year
Pennsylvania
Beaver County Radio: Over 145,000 Pennsylvanians Cancel Affordable Care Act Coverage Amid Monthly Cost Spikes
WGAL: Over 145,000 Pennsylvanians Drop ACA Coverage After Premium Increases
WGAL: State Data Shows A Significant Decline In Affordable Care Act Coverage In Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Business: CBO: Over 500K Pennsylvanians Will Lose Health Care Come December
Virginia
Daily Press: The End of ACA Tax Credits Leaves Some Virginians Stranded
Washington
Kitsap Sun: Insurance Coverage Falls in Kitsap After Price Rises for State Plan
News From The States: Where Affordable Care Act Insurance Coverage Has Dropped Most in WA