TELL CONGRESS: Republicans want to make even deeper cuts to the American health care
system, and are shutting down the government in part to let critical
subsidies from the Affordable Care Act expire. The GOP proposal would jack
up health care premiums for millions and cause 2.2 million to go
uninsured. Sign the petition: Urge Congress to reject all funding bills that cut health care.
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The GOP’s government shutdown is another push by the far-right to take
health care away from people.
When Republicans passed Trump’s big ugly budget bill, they gutted Medicaid
and stripped care away from people across the country. Now, they’re using
racist fear-mongering to try to jack up health insurance premiums and take
insurance away from millions.^1 If the GOP gets its way and Congress
allows Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies to expire, premiums for ACA
plans will go up by an average of 75% and leave 4 million people
uninsured.^2,3
Senator Elizabeth Warren called the battle to protect health care funding
a “righteous fight.”^4 Lawmakers in Congress must prevent the GOP’s drive
to gut health care in America.
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fails to save health care funding!
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Senator Patty Murray noted how urgent the situation is: “The new higher
health care rates, those are being set right now. Notifications to
families — they're in the mail now. Open enrollment is weeks away and
families are panicking.”^5
Senator Raphael Warnock shared a drastic premium increase from one
constituent in Georgia — a cost hike from $307.20/month last year to
$964.30/month for the coming year.^6 It’s completely untenable.
There is no time to waste and no way Democrats can give in to the GOP.
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Joey and the Demand Progress team
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Sources:
1. NPR, “What's behind the health care fight that led to the government
shutdown,” [ [link removed] ]October 2, 2025.
2. KFF, “How Much and Why ACA Marketplace Premiums Are Going Up in 2026,”
[ [link removed] ]August 6, 2025.
3. NPR, “What's behind the health care fight that led to the government
shutdown,” [ [link removed] ]October 2, 2025.
4. The Guardian, “‘A righteous fight’: Democrats hold fast on healthcare
but also use shutdown to pummel Trump,” [ [link removed] ]October 1, 2025.
5. NPR, “What's behind the health care fight that led to the government
shutdown,” [ [link removed] ]October 2, 2025.
6. Sen. Warnock on X, “I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025
premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year...”
[ [link removed] ]October 1, 2025.
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