Yesterday, Protect Our Care Released New Numbers On the Millions Losing Health Care
Washington, D.C. – Eight million Americans have lost coverage after Trump and Republicans in Congress made the largest health care cuts in American history to bankroll tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations on Wall Street. The latest jump in coverage loss results from new Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment data released by the Trump administration, showing that 4.2 million lost ACA insurance as of February 2026 compared to last year’s early-year snapshot. With an estimated 3.8 million Americans losing Medicaid/CHIP over the same period, a total of eight million Americans and counting have lost health care.
In response, Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse issued the following statement:
“A mind-boggling number of Americans have found themselves joining the ranks of the uninsured. And this is just the beginning. As working families continue to get squeezed left and right by GOP-driven health care cost hikes and bureaucratic red tape, millions more Americans will lose the care they rely on to stay alive and healthy. These are diabetic patients rationing insulin and parents skipping cancer screenings. These are small business owners and farmers shutting down their life’s work because they can no longer afford to buy insurance on their own. These are moms, veterans, and seniors. These are the millions who will hand Trump and Republicans in Congress a withering rebuke at the ballot box in November for making health care unaffordable so they could make billionaires and big corporations richer.”
As 8 Million Americans Lose Health Care, Coverage from the Latest ACA Enrollment Numbers Keeps Rolling In:
AP News: Millions Drop Obamacare Health Coverage After Subsidies Expire and Costs Rise
KFF: ACA Marketplace Enrollment Is Down By 3 Million After Big Jump in Premium Payments
Health Care Dive: ACA Enrollment Declines by Nearly 3 Million
PBS: About 3 million people have dropped Obamacare health coverage after subsidies expire and costs rise
Fierce Healthcare: ACA Marketplace Enrollment Down by 3M as of February, New Federal Data Show
The Hill: Millions Dropped Obamacare Plans After Subsidies Ended
WSJ: Millions of Americans Drop Obamacare Plans After Withdrawal of Subsidies
ABC News: Millions Drop Obamacare Coverage After Subsidies Expire, Costs Rise
NOTUS: Millions Dropped Obamacare in the First Month of Coverage
The Boston Globe: Millions Drop Obamacare Health Coverage After Subsidies Expire and Costs Rise
American Urban Radio Networks: Millions Lose Health Coverage as Insurance Enrollment Declines
State Affairs: ACA Enrollment Drops by Millions
MedPage Today: Medical News: Millions Drop Obamacare Coverage After Subsidies Expire and Costs Rise
Common Dreams: ‘Republicans Created This Crisis on Purpose’: Federal Data Shows ACA Enrollment Plunging