After Republicans ripped away health care tax credits that helped millions afford coverage, families are being forced to choose between paying their premiums and going without the care they need. Every day, coverage gets more unaffordable as insurers propose another round of double-digit hikes or exit the marketplace altogether, pricing more people out of the health care they depend on. The number of people who have been forced to drop their health care coverage since January because they could no longer afford it spiked 33.6 percent compared to last year after Republicans ripped away health care tax credits. Florida families are dropping plans by the hundreds of thousands. Ohio is staring down another 15% hike after already having the nation’s biggest ACA coverage drop. Pennsylvania is seeing 190,000 residents lose the coverage they relied on to see a doctor. Americans are running out of options, and as one Connecticut official said, “it’s insane.”
As costs spike, people drop coverage, and uncompensated care grows, everyone — including people with employer-sponsored coverage — is being crushed under the weight of the GOP health care crisis. Premiums are set to keep climbing, putting coverage further out of reach for small businesses and working families all because Republicans prioritized tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.
Washington Post: Health Insurance Costs Projected to Spike Next Year by Most in Two Decades
State Affairs: ACA Enrollment Declines Steepened Through Spring
Quartz: Insurers Keep Dropping Obamacare. Americans Are Running Out of Options
New York Times: Employer Health Costs Are Expected to Spike in 2027
Axios: Large Employers Drop Health Benefits as Costs Rise
The Well News: Opinion: America Can’t Champion Small Businesses While Pricing Them Out of Health Insurance
Alaska
Alaska Public Media: Thousands of Alaskans to See Health Insurance Costs Rise Sharply, After Years of Increases
Connecticut
CT Insider: ‘It’s Insane’: CT Patients, Officials Blast Proposed Average Health Insurance Rate Hikes of 16%
Insurance Business: Connecticut Health Insurers Seek Second Year of Double-Digit Premium Hikes
Florida
News4Jax: 440,000 Floridians Drop ACA Plans After Federal Subsidies Expire
Georgia
Georgia Recorder: ACA Premium Prices Insuring 900K Georgians to Shoot Up – Again
New Mexico
Source NM: New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Approves 24% Premium Increase on Healthcare Exchange Plans
Big News Network: New Mexicans Buffeted by Rising Healthcare Costs, Loss of Coverage
Ohio
Ohio Independent: New Data Highlights Declining Affordable Care Act Enrollment in Ohio
Athens Messenger: Rising Healthcare Costs Leave Ohioans Wanting Action Ahead of Midterm Elections
Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio’s Already Seen the Biggest ACA Drop. Premiums Are About to Go Up by Another 15%
Pennsylvania
Keystone Newsroom: Republicans Allowed Healthcare Tax Credits to Expire. Then 190,000 Pa. Residents Dropped Their Coverage
Virginia
Virginia Mercury: Data Shows 94,000 Virginians Have Dropped Their ACA Insurance Since Last Year
Virginian-Pilot: Editorial: Federal Spending Bill Driving Up Healthcare Costs, as Expected
Wisconsin
UpNorthNews: How Republican ACA Cuts Are Costing Wisconsin Families Thousands More