Dear Member of Congress,
We’re down to the wire to save health care and lower costs for millions of Americans. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits will expire at the end of 2025— that's only a few legislative days before the end of the year to vote on this critical issue and bring some much-needed relief to families.
The cost of health care in the U.S. was already high. Now, with $1 trillion in cuts to health care over the summer and also the ACA premium tax credits on the line, a dire situation has escalated into a full-blown crisis. Fifteen million people will already lose health care due to Medicaid cuts passed earlier this year. If Congress does not renew the ACA premium tax credits before they’re set to expire at the end of the year, then health care costs will more than double for over 20 million people, and nearly 5 million additional people will lose their health coverage altogether.
When millions become uninsured, it will also put a strain on the entire health care system, causing health care costs to rise across the board and even force hundreds of hospitals, maternity wards, and nursing homes to close. Research has found that millions of Americans will collectively pay an estimated $23 billion more next year just to maintain the same level of coverage they currently rely on. This harms the economy and families alike.
We urge you to vote YES on a clean three-year extension of the ACA tax credits—a solution that will protect affordable, accessible health care for millions of people and can be implemented quickly enough to prevent any gaps in coverage and care.