***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 16, 2025 AT 11:30 AM***
U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to Join Protect Our Care And Patients and Small Business Owners Who Rely on ACA Tax Credits
Washington, D.C. — On September 16th, 2025, at 11:30 AM ET, U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) will join Protect Our Care and advocates to call on the GOP to protect health care for tens of millions of hardworking Americans and stop premium hikes.
This year, Americans are facing the largest health insurance premium increases in 15 years, driven by the President’s economic agenda. If Republicans fail to extend these Affordable Care Act tax credits before they expire at the end of the year, more than four million Americans are poised to lose their health insurance entirely and 24 million people will face skyrocketing premiums. Americans who count on these tax credits will see their premiums go up by an average of 75 percent—$700 per family. And even Americans who aren’t on the marketplace will see premiums go up as more working families will have to seek uncompensated care at emergency rooms.
Senators Shaheen and Baldwin introduced the Health Care Affordability Act in January of this year to make permanent the extension of the enhanced premium tax credits for Americans who get health insurance through the ACA Marketplace before they expire at the end of the year. Since then, Senate Republicans have blocked three separate attempts to pass this legislation.
WHO:
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Lester Johnson, restaurant owner
Laura Packard, cancer survivor
Protect Our Care
WHAT: Press Event
WHEN: Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, at 11:30 AM ET
WHERE: U.S. Capitol, Room S-120
***Any members of the press who are not credentialed will not be able to attend unless they RSVP by 5:00pm EST on Monday, September 15th. Please email [email protected] to RSVP.