Premiums are skyrocketing, coverage is disappearing, and working families are making impossible choices just to make ends meet. Last year, Donald Trump and Republicans slashed more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Since then, nearly 3 million Americans have already been forced off their ACA coverage this year alone, as the cost of staying covered continues to climb. From Rhode Island and Maryland to Pennsylvania and Colorado, families are staring down another year of double-digit premium hikes. In Georgia, one family watched their monthly premium explode from $226 to a staggering $2,716. Now, millions of Americans are being left to fend for themselves, scrambling for cheaper ways to afford their lifesaving medication. Patients are rationing what they have, going without prescriptions, or turning to cheaper alternatives. In Florida, ACA enrollee Kara Windeler’s had to make an extraordinary sacrifice to afford her health care: she sold her home. Now, as she faces another premium increase, she worries about how she’ll continue affording her doctors and treatments. “We need something that we can afford,” she said.
And the health care affordability crisis does not only affect those who purchase coverage on the ACA Marketplace. Teachers across the country are getting hit with steep premium increases, some reaching upwards of 34%, while small businesses struggle to keep their employees covered. Working class Americans are watching their health care costs climb while Trump’s billionaire friends get another round of tax breaks – and they’re sick of it.
National Coverage
Manatt: Preliminary 2027 ACA Rates Are Up Regardless of Marketplace Type or State Subsidies
Money Wise: Health Insurance Is So Expensive Even Healthcare Workers Are Canceling Their Coverage — Protect Yourself From Rising Premiums
Healthinsurence.org: ACA Open Enrollment 2027: Higher Premiums, Insurer Exits and Subsidy Changes Could Reshape Coverage Choices
Insurance Business: Small Businesses Absorb 31% Premium Surge Rather Than Cut Health Coverage
Reuters: Amazon, Goodrx Target Us Prescription Subscribers as Health Insurance Coverage Slips
The Chicago Business Journal: Businesses Are Feeling the Squeeze From Higher Health Insurance Costs
Colorado
Colorado Sun: Colorado Health Insurance Prices Poised for Another Big Jump In 2027
Florida
ABC Golf Coast: Collier County Teachers Face $3K – $11K Health Insurance Deductible Increase Amid Budget Shortfall
10 Tampa Bay News: Woman Faces Losing Health Coverage as Costs Rise, Administration Targets ACA Fraud
Georgia
11 Alive: $226 to $2,716 a Month: Enhanced ACA Tax Credits Have Expired, and Georgians Are Feeling the Impact
Maryland
The Baltimore Sun: Maryland Individual Health Insurance Premiums to Rise 14.6% in 2027
The Frederick News Post: State Officials Approve 14.6% Rate Increase for Individual Premiums on ACA Marketplace
The Avenue News: Now You Know: Marylanders Are Paying More for Healthcare Year After Year
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight News: School Workers’ Health Premium Costs to Jump by More Than a Third
Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s News 4: Health Insurance Costs Rising, More Oklahomans Losing Insurance
Pennsylvania
Fox43: Insurance Premiums for Pennie Enrollees to Increase by 16% in 2027
Rhode Island
The Providence Journal: What’s Causing Health Insurance Costs to Increase More for 170K in RI
The Rhode Island Current: Double Digit Increases in Rhode Island Commercial Health Insurance Premiums Coming in 2027
Virginia
Virginia Business: Payer-Provider Disputes Increase Amid Federal Cuts, Inflation