With open enrollment now underway, millions of Americans are waking up to the consequences of Republicans’ health care disaster. Families are being forced to choose between health care, rent, and groceries because Donald Trump and Republicans are holding the government hostage. This was a deliberate choice by the GOP to put billionaires and big corporations over seniors, farmers, small business owners, hard-working families, and rural communities. Republicans can try to duck responsibility, but every headline across the country tells the same story: people are seeing premium costs skyrocket because Republicans chose to make them pay more, and they own every single penny of this mess.
HEADLINES
ABC: Obamacare Enrollee Sees Premium Spike Over 300% as Sign-Up Period Begins: ‘This Will Devastate Us’
Reuters: Obamacare Premiums Double, Adding Post Halloween Fright for US Health Insurance Shoppers
CBS: Health Insurance Premiums Soar as Federal Subsidies End
CBS: Open Enrollment Begins, Changes to Tax Credits Sending Prices Up for Many Families
BBC: Millions of Americans Brace for Healthcare Insurance Costs to Spike
NPR: With ACA Open Enrollment Underway, Some Business Owners Worry About Upcoming Changes
CNBC: Millions Face ‘Huge Sticker Shock’ When ACA Open Enrollment Starts Nov. 1
Forbes: As Congress Holds Up Obamacare Tax Credits, Insurers Hike Prices And Lose Customers
Boston Globe: A $33,000 Increase for a Vermont Family? Obamacare Marketplace Insurance Prices Slated to Skyrocket.
United Press International: Open Enrollment Begins for Obamacare With Huge Cost Increases
NBC: It’s Decision Time for Millions Facing Spiking ACA Premiums
Scripps News: You Can Now Sign Up for 2026 Obamacare Coverage — But Costs May Still Rise
Morning Brew: Americans Brace for Much Higher ACA Premiums
California
Los Angeles Times: Health Insurance Premiums For 1.7 Million Californians On Obamacare Will Soar As Federal Subsidies End
Colorado
Denver Post: Older Coloradans and Rural Residents Face Bigger Health Insurance Price Hikes
Connecticut
WFSB: Locals React as Health Insurance Premiums Surge 26% for ACA Users
Florida
Orlando Sentinel: ‘Huge Sticker Shock’: Floridians Get First Look at Obamacare Price Hikes
Islander News: Millions at Risk as Obamacare Subsidies Set to Expire
Georgia
WSB-TV: Many Families Concerned About Higher Premiums for Georgia Access State Healthcare
Illinois
WQAD: Health Insurance Prices Expected to Skyrocket Without Affordable Care Act Subsidies
ABC7: With Affordable Care Act, or ACA, Open Enrollment for Health Insurance Set to Begin, Some in IL Worry Over Premium Increases
Iowa
KCRG: ‘We’re Scared’: Iowans Face Potential Premium Increases as Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Begins
Maine
News Center Maine: Open Enrollment Begins With Spike in Health Care Premiums
News Center Maine: ‘I Don’t Know What I Am Going to Do’; 55,000 Mainers Grapple With Rising Health Care Costs if ACA Tax Credits End
WMTW: Mainer With MS Shares Healthcare Cost Concerns as ACA Tax Credits Are Set to Expire
Maryland
Capital News Service: Government Shutdown May Mean Higher Health Care Premiums for Many Marylanders
Minnesota
CBS: Nearly 400K Minnesotans to See Big Spike in Health Insurance Premiums
Missouri
KSDK: Missouri Health Premiums to Rise as Much as 30% for 2026 Amid Uncertainty Over Subsidies
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight News: NJ Health Insurance Premiums Could Spike 175% as Federal Subsidies Expire
North Carolina
Winston-Salem Journal: Premium Hike Sticker Shock Awaits Federal Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollees
WLOS: North Carolinians Brace for Premium Increase as ACA Subsidies Face Expiration
South Carolina
WACH: Over 600K South Carolinians Facing Skyrocketing Health Insurance Costs
Texas
WGME: Government Shutdown Impacts Medicaid as ACA Open Enrollment Begins
Utah
KSL: These Utahns Could See Skyrocketing Premiums if Obamacare Tax Credits Expire
KSL: ‘This Is Ridiculous’: Bluffdale Couple Feels Trapped as Health Insurance Premiums Spike Amid Shutdown
Virginia
The Virginian-Pilot: Insurance Prices Rise and Open Enrollment Begins as Advocates Call for Action
Washington
KXLY: As Open Enrollment Begins in WA, Future of Health Insurance Tax Credits Remains Murky
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: As Open Enrollment for Obamacare Plans Begins, Wisconsin Residents Will See Premiums Spike
The Cap Times: Dane County Residents Fear Skyrocketing Health Insurance Premiums
Spectrum News: ‘Incredibly Shortsighted’: Milwaukee Chef Braces for Higher ACA Premiums