marjorie Taylor Greene Says โShe’s โ’Disgusted’ Obamacare Premiums May Double Soon
Rep.Marjorie Taylorโ Greene (R-GA) expressed outrage this week over the โpotential โขfor significant โpremium increases in the Affordable Care Actโฃ (ACA) marketplace, warning โขthat premiumsโ coudl more than doubleโค for many Americansโข if enhanced tax credit subsidies are allowedโข to expire. “I am absolutely disgusted that โObamacareโค premiums are set to skyrocket, โpotentially โdoublingโ for families,” Greene โstated in a social media post. โค
the loomingโข increases stem from the scheduled expiration of pandemic-era enhancements to ACA subsidies onโค December 31. However, the โคimpact could be felt much sooner, as insurers begin setting rates for 2026 during open enrollment, which โbegins November 1 in moast states.Ifโค Congress failsโ to act and โคextend theโข credits,โ insurers fear a lack of certainty and areโ likely to raise premiums accordingly.
According toโค a recent report โขby the Kaiser Family Foundation,average premiums for subsidized enrolleesโ could rise from $888 this yearโ to $1,904 in โ2026 if theโ enhanced premium tax credits are not renewed. Thisโ would disproportionately affect the roughly 14.5โฃ millionโ Americans currently receiving โsubsidies through the ACAโ marketplace, potentially pricing many out ofโ healthโค insurance coverage. The debate over extending theโข subsidies is currently entangled inโ broader negotiations surrounding federal funding and potential government shutdowns.
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