Just Before Shutdown, Most Americans Wanted Health Insurance Tax Credits Extended, KFF Poll Finds
A KFF poll shows 78% of Americans, including 57% of Trump supporters, back extending ACA premium tax credits to prevent premiums from more than doubling.
- Most Americans want Congress to extend expiring tax credits for people who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, according to a new KFF poll.
- The KFF poll found majorities across party lines, including Democrats, independents, and Republicans, supported extending the tax credits that are set to expire at the end of 2025.
- If the subsidies aren't extended, many Americans who purchase insurance through the ACA marketplace said they could not afford nearly double the cost of premiums without significantly disrupting their household finances, the poll showed.
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The Gilmer MirrorWhy Democrats Are Casting the Government Shutdown as a Health Care Showdown
Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP sweep into power last year. Those votes, he cautioned, are at risk if Congress doesn’t pass a law to preserve lower premiums on Affordable Care Act marketplace plans for the roughly 4.7 million people living in his home state of Florida who are enrolled in the coverage. “Hispa…
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The Times of Northwest IndianaPoll: Most wanted tax credits extended
NEW YORK — Most Americans want Congress to extend tax credits that, if left to expire at the end of the year, could raise health insurance costs for millions of Americans, according to a new poll released Friday from the…
Federal shutdown deepens as ACA subsidy fight remains unresolved
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - The federal government is in partial shutdown following the failure of Congress to pass funding legislation by the end of the 2025 fiscal year. Key disagreements revolve around extensions for Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits. The ACA’s “enhanced” premium tax credits, first rolled out during the COVID-19 pandemic, are now scheduled to expire Dec. 31. Nationwide, about 24.2 million people have selec…
The Billings Gazette
KFF poll: Before shutdown, most Americans wanted health insurance tax credits extended
If the tax credits are left to expire at the end of the year, it could raise health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
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