Earlier this week, the Democratic Party failed to stand strong together in demanding that Republicans restore desperately needed health care subsidies for working people as a condition of agreeing to reopen the federal government.
Eight Democratic Senators caved, enabling the Republican majority in Congress to advance their government funding deal without an extension on Affordable Care Act subsidies, which will expire at the end of the year and cause health insurance premiums to skyrocket.
But millions of Americans are already seeing their health care costs increase right now, thanks to insurance companies’ response to President Trump and the GOP’s "One Big Beautiful Bill" (H.R. 1) passed this summer, which guts Medicare and other federal health programs by nearly $1 trillion to pay for billionaire tax breaks.
Since open enrollment for 2026 health care plans through the ACA marketplace started on November 1st, people across the country have taken to social media to share the shocking price increases:
On average, premiums will cost 20% more — the largest rate change insurers have requested since 2018.1 Some face double, triple, or even quadruple the rates they were previously paying!2
Higher premiums, deductibles, and other health care costs will force millions of families to choose between going to the doctor or buying groceries — and they will only get worse when Republicans let the ACA subsidies for middle-class families expire in December.
We shouldn’t have to subsidize insurance companies in the first place — it’s merely a band-aid on a deeply broken health care system. Extending these subsidies can stem the bleeding, but we need to overhaul the broken structure entirely by establishing universal health care through Medicare for All.
We must keep fighting these political attacks on our care while building public pressure to pass Medicare for All in Congress. One powerful way of bringing more people into our movement is by sharing your experiences with others.
Thanks for continuing to join us in this fight. We will continue fighting to win a transformative Medicare for All system that will guarantee all people health care as a human right. We believe a better future is possible, but working people must push it forward.
In solidarity,
National Nurses United
1 - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
2 - ABC News
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