Arizona ACA health insurance enrollment plummets as premiums soar without enhanced subsidies

NEW DATA: 70,000 Arizonans Drop ACA Coverage Thanks to Juan Ciscomani

Ciscomani refused to extend ACA tax credits despite warning there would be “massive” consequences that would cause “real harm” for Arizonans Roughly 70,000 fewer Arizonans signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage this year after Juan Ciscomani and his Republican colleagues failed to extend crucial tax credits that lower premiums, new federal data shows. Ciscomani spent months warning that failing to renew the ACA tax credits would cause “mass…

Congress takes up health care again − and impatient voters shouldn't hold their breath for a cure

THE CONVERSATION — As the bell struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2026, time ran out on Obamacare subsidies for over 24 million Americans. These subsidies, propped up through various legislative packages over the years, lowered the health insurance costs for…

Arizona ACA health insurance enrollment plummets as premiums soar without enhanced subsidies

Photo by Jim Small/Arizona MirrorAbout 70,000 fewer Arizonans have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act after Republicans in Congress refused to extend tax credits and premiums soared. One analysis found that insurance premiums on the ACA marketplace for Arizona jumped nearly 30% on average. Data released this week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show that 353,000 Arizonans have signed up for 2026 ACA in…

ACA enrollment ends today in most states, as tax credit fix stalls

Some Americans are dropping their Affordable Care Act health plans after tax subsidies lapsed and their premiums spiked.

City business owner among those hit with 'potentially catastrophic' premium increases - Hendersonville Lightning

For months, Adrian Pitts followed the news with bated breath as Congress fought — and eventually shut down the federal government — over whether to extend COVID-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace health plans.