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Clearwater Free Clinic faces a 140% rise in new patients due to expired Affordable Care Act subsidies, prompting urgent fundraising for expanded services.
- Since the fall, the Clearwater Free Clinic has seen a 140% increase in new patients, clinic leaders attribute the surge to the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies.
- After the federal tax credits lapsed, national enrollment figures show a 1.4 million drop, roughly a 6% decline, according to The New York Times last week.
- Patient Judy Jackson sought care at the clinic after her husband’s October strokes due to lack of insurance, while the clinic offers checkups and sold out tickets for its fundraiser at the FrankCrum campus in Clearwater.
- Free and sliding-scale clinics now face increased demand from people making 250% or less of federal poverty guidelines, while emergency departments and hospitals warn of longer wait times and stressed finances.
- The Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation estimate 4.8 million Americans could lose coverage without ACA subsidies, while Congress debates extensions and Colorado and California allocate limited aid.
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Health insurance enrollment declines in Colorado, but not as much as feared
The number of people signing up for health insurance plans through the state’s insurance exchange declined this year for the first time since 2020. But the drop wasn’t as steep as state officials had feared following the expiration of key federal subsidies that made insurance more affordable for many. Through the end of the open enrollment period that closed last week, 277,228 people purchased plans for 2026 via the exchange, Connect for Health …
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