This situation is critical.
Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies expired at the end of 2025, millions of families are now facing double or triple their monthly insurance premium costs.
This is unconscionable. Our patients shouldn’t have to choose between health care and keeping food on the table or paying the electric bill. That's why we are demanding that Congress put our patients first and vote in support of extending the ACA subsidies and preventing needless suffering. Over the holiday break, 4 Republican Members of Congress joined Minority Leader Jeffries’ discharge petition to extend the subsidies for 3 years — getting us to 218 signatures needed to force a vote on the bill this week!
Here's a short script you can follow:
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“Hi, my name is _______. I am a constituent and I’m a nurse/other health care worker/patient. I’m calling today to urge my representative to support Minority Leader Jeffries’ discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits for three years. Since January 1st, more than 20 million Americans are facing the choice of significantly higher health care costs or to go uninsured. In fact 1 in 4 people who get their coverage on the ACA marketplace reported they are likely to go without coverage if the subsidies are not extended. I urge my Member of Congress to support the discharge petition to extend the ACA subsidies and prevent needless suffering when it comes to the floor for a vote this week. Thank you.” |
Health care is a human right. We know that Medicare for All is the real long term solution to our health care crisis. That’s why nurses are fighting to replace our broken, for-profit health care system with a single-payer health care system that would end health disparities, effectively control costs, and assure that everyone has equal ability to receive an excellent standard of care as a human right. But we also know that fighting to extend these ACA subsidies in the short term is critical for the tens of millions of patients that rely on them.
Let’s demand our representatives do the right thing and save health care for millions of people. Our power comes from our collective patient advocacy, and we’re so grateful you are with us.
In solidarity,
National Nurses United
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