John,

The United States spends more on health care than any other country in the industrialized world, and we have some of the worst health care outcomes. We need health justice by making our health systems work better, not attacks on basic needs programs.

In the Big Ugly Bill, Republicans decimated Medicaid with a nearly $1 trillion cut and implemented the largest SNAP cut in the program's history. Now with the administration fighting in court to withhold SNAP funds in November¹, and health care premiums drastically increasing as the enhanced ACA premium tax credits are set to expire, it’s low- and middle-income people who are suffering the most.

We’re fighting back with action. We’re sending hundreds of thousands of messages to Congress, Governors, and the administration demanding they put the needs of everyday people over tax breaks for billionaires and corporations. We’re demanding health care and nutrition assistance over political games and corporate profits.

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More than 40 million Americans receive SNAP benefits, and more than 24 million Americans receive their health insurance through the ACA Marketplace. Our government is failing them.

Everything is more expensive: groceries, rent, you name it. 42% of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, and 40% couldn’t afford an emergency costing $1,000.² All of this is happening in the wealthiest country in the world.

Our coalition partners span the spectrum―from immigrant rights to women’s rights to housing and food advocacy, and beyond. We’re working together to make life fairer and more affordable for all communities.

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Meredith Dodson
Senior Director of Public Policy, Coalition on Human Needs

¹ Trump Administration Seeks Immediate Halt to Court Order to Pay Food Stamps
² Survey: 42% of Americans Don't Have an Emergency Fund

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John,

The affordability crisis in America is reaching its breaking point. The price of food has skyrocketed 29% since 2020, and rising health care costs are pushing many people to go without insurance.¹

On top of enacting the largest cuts to health care and food assistance in history, Congress hasn’t extended the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, causing insurance premiums to more than double for tens of millions of people, and even triple in some cases. This isn’t sustainable, and it isn't acceptable in the wealthiest country on Earth.

After brutal election defeats to the President’s party this week, Trump finally claims he’s going to focus on affordability. But for nearly 10 months his policies have prioritized tax breaks for billionaires and corporations over uplifting working families and vulnerable communities. In fact, this week, he threatened to withhold SNAP benefits entirely until after the government shutdown is resolved, and his administration is appealing a judge’s ruling that it must release full SNAP funds to states now.² The good news: advocate pressure and judicial oversight has forced the administration to start the process of issuing full November SNAP benefits while they appeal court orders.³

We’ve sent tens of thousands of messages to Congress, Governors, and the administration demanding the release of full SNAP benefits. And, this week, we also collected stories from impacted people who are seeing their health insurance premiums more than double next year.⁴

The American people deserve a government that puts their needs first. Instead we’re seeing an administration that’s using vulnerable people as pawns in their political games.

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Right now, 1 in 5 U.S. dollars is spent on health care.⁵ But that’s about to get a whole lot worse.

ABC News recently spoke with people across the country who receive their health insurance through the ACA Marketplace. According to the report, Stacy Cox, a photographer in Utah, will see her and her husband’s health insurance premium increase by 300% next year—from $495.32 per month to $2,168.68 per month.⁶

As Stacy told ABC News:

"Just that bill right there, that's more than our mortgage, our insurance, most of our food. That's what we're paying per month to live. We can't afford to double what it costs for us to live just to have health insurance."

Not extending the enhanced ACA premium tax credits will only continue to drive up health costs and guarantee that uninsured rates will rise as millions choose to go without health insurance as opposed to paying astronomical monthly fees. It’s critical that Congress hears our voices and comes together to end the affordability crisis before it’s too late.

Donate $5 to power our work to pressure Congress into extending the ACA premium tax credits, pushing the administration to release SNAP funds, and bringing down costs for families in every state.