Republicans have implemented their plans to strip working Americans of their health care and raise costs for everyone. Now, as they’ve implemented their draconian cuts on health care, Americans are seeing the fruits of the GOP’s efforts; 1.2 million Americans have lost their ACA coverage, a number that will keep climbing as more people realize they can’t afford the care they need. Millions more will lose coverage, skip needed care, switch to plans with massive deductibles, or go into debt. The Trump administration tried to bury the news by releasing the data late Friday without so much as an email alert, but the results of the GOP premium hikes speak for themselves:
- Doubled and tripled premiums for millions of hardworking Americans, including small business owners, farmers, and older adults;
- Put health care out of reach for 1.2 million Americans so far, without yet accounting for coverage losses from the 9 million people who were auto-renewed into plans they may not be able to afford;
- Robbed 11 million low-income Americans of zero-dollar premiums;
- Ripped tax credits away entirely from over one million middle class Americans;
- Funneled millions of families into reduced coverage that will force them to pay thousands more each year in health care costs;
- Forced middle-class families to pay $20 billion in higher health care costs in 2026, while CEOs and yacht owners pocket $120 billion in tax breaks from the GOP tax scam in 2026; and
- Pressured countless families to cut back on food, clothing, and other basics to afford health insurance and greater out-of-pocket costs
…all to bankroll hundreds of billions in tax breaks for billionaires and corporations.
This Spring, the full scale of the Trump-GOP premium disaster will become clear as:
- Families are forced to choose between groceries and paying their premiums and realize they can no longer afford health care if they want to keep food on the table.
- Millions of Americans who were auto–reenrolled are kicked off their coverage when they get health care bills two to three times higher and cannot afford to pay them.
- Huge declines in effectuated enrollment are reported after families are unable to stretch their budgets to cover both GOP health care hikes and the cost of Trump tariffs.
States Hardest Hit By GOP Premium Hikes
| State | Change in Enrollment |
| North Carolina | -213,653 |
| Florida | -196,643 |
| Georgia | -186,557 |
| Ohio | -113,827 |
| Tennessee |
-73,557 |
Sources: CMS