The American public―including Trump’s voter base―wants to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits and end his shutdown.
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Health insurance providers on the ACA Marketplace are sending out notices this month about premium rate increases, and open enrollment begins on November 1. There is no time to waste for Congress to address skyrocketing health costs by extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits.
Results of a new survey completed by the KFF found that 78% of the public wants Congress to extend the ACA premium tax credits―including 59% of Republicans.1
Trump’s shutdown will linger on if his party doesn’t come to the negotiating table and pass a bipartisan budget that extends these tax credits and helps keep health care more affordable.
This is about more than a game of political football, it’s about people's lives. Seven in ten adults who buy health insurance on the ACA Marketplace say that if the cost of their premiums were to double (as forecast!2), it would cause a significant strain on their household finances. Forty-two percent say they would go without health insurance entirely.3
We are in a health care crisis, and the combined impact of Republicans cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid this summer and not extending these tax credits would decimate health care in this country for years to come. Extending the ACA tax credits is politically popular and morally necessary. Congress must pass a budget immediately that includes an extension of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits.
