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Amy in Georgia takes medicine to stop a brain tumor from blinding her.

If ACA tax credits expire, she can’t afford it.

Her vision—her life—is on the line.

This is what GOP “shutdown politics” looks like.
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Rep. Maxwell Frost: Donald Trump shut down the government because he’d rather do that than make sure people can actually afford health care. He wants people to pay more for it because that frees up money in the federal budget to give billionaires another tax break. That’s what’s happening.
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Sen. Chris Coons: Republican policy choices are going to double health insurance rates in states all over the country.

That means fewer hospitals, higher bills, and millions losing coverage.
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When hospitals close and Medicaid gets gutted, here’s who pays: rural families, parents with sick kids, people in crisis with nowhere to go.

This is what Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” means for Virginia.
Rural Virginia families like mine are crossing state lines for pediatric health care
It might sound wild, but health care options in rural Virginia have gotten so terrible lately, my family crosses the state line to receive same-day treatment.
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“We've got 2 million Americans that are likely to lose their health care because they're not going to be able to afford these premium increases.”

Senator Mark Kelly is right. This shutdown fight is about one thing: the cost of your health care.
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Former HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius on why ACA's tax credits matter: Having your premiums jump by double… getting a notice in November that you’re going to pay twice as much terrifies everyone who are already paying too much for groceries and rent.
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Rep. Jayapal: Their ideas for fixing health care was when they passed the ‘big, bad betrayal bill’ that cut 15 million Americans off of health care because they slashed Medicaid by $1 trillion. That’s why rural hospitals are slated to close. That’s why people are already starting to feel the hurt.
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Families like Shana’s in Wisconsin save $800/month thanks to ACA premium tax credits. If Congress lets them expire, that’s $9,600 a year gone—just for staying insured. Health care isn’t a bargaining chip. It’s a lifeline.
'A lifeline': Families fear for healthcare costs if Obamacare subsidies expire
The cost of health insurance could double for millions of people, which could hurt Republicans.
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The needs of ordinary people and families, not big corporations or the wealthy, should drive health care policymaking in America.
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In Lancaster, Virginia, a couple could see their premiums jump from $649 → $2,133 a month: a $1,484 increase for the same plan.

That’s what happens if Republicans let ACA tax credits expire. Families will pay the price.
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Republicans have tried over 70 times to kill the Affordable Care Act. Every time, they fail — because Americans know health care saves lives.

They can’t win the fight to take our coverage when voters keep saying the same thing: Hands off our health care.
Why Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring
The White House and some Republicans are growing nervous that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of a government funding bill has salience with voters.
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The tax credits that make health insurance affordable for over 20 million Americans should be made PERMANENT.
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Health care premiums are spiking across the country 📈

Here's just one example: this plan for a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 in Buhl, Idaho, will cost $1,673 MORE PER MONTH in 2026 than a very similar plan in 2025. 💸
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Republican Voter: I am begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die. We don't have the credit because of the medical bills that I have to pay regularly. You could stop this...the audacity of someone who makes 6 figures a year to do this to military families is insane.
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Health care premiums are spiking across the country 📈

This plan for a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 in Fulton County, Georgia, will cost $2,064 MORE PER MONTH in 2026 than a very similar plan in 2025. 💸
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WV resident: If the ACA's tax credits go away, I’ll simply go without. I won’t have health insurance, and I won’t go to the doctor because I can’t afford to.

That’s what this fight means—life or death for real people.
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West Virginia resident: “If these enhanced tax credits expire, my monthly premiums will nearly double.”

She’s not alone. Across the country, families are opening letters from insurers showing skyrocketing costs because Congress hasn’t acted.
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“Americans are literally living in the midst of a shutdown that jeopardizes their health care, their jobs, and the services they rely on.”

Senator @bluntrochester.senate.gov is right — people need solutions, not shutdowns.
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Most people don’t lie awake thinking about government spending. They’re thinking about whether they can afford insulin, child care, or next month’s bills.

As Protect Our Care's Brad Woodhouse told @joyannreid.bsky.social — that’s the fight that actually matters.
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Health care isn’t just a policy fight. It’s the Holy Trinity of issues—because it persuades, it moves people, and it’s what families care about most.

When people can’t afford care, they lose more than coverage. They lose peace of mind. That’s why this fight still unites us.
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Chuck Schumer: First, Trump says he wants to help health care...then he goes on and says, "Let's get rid of ACA." He had no understanding. He doesn't connect the dots. He just says whatever pops into his brain.
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Brian Tyler Cohen: So unless your entire identity is just blindly supporting Trump's every whim or just trafficking in trade chaos, I cannot imagine who is out there rooting for healthcare prices to go through the roof.
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Health care premiums are spiking across the country 📈

This plan for a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 in Boise, Idaho, will cost $1,472 MORE PER MONTH in 2026 than a very similar plan in 2025. 💸
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Molly Murphy, President of Impact Research: "I do think that this is a good unifying and defining moment for Democrats to say this is what we're for, and by the way, Republicans want to take your healthcare away so badly that they will shut the government down over it."
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If Republicans let ACA tax credits expire, premiums will skyrocket. In West Virginia, Wyoming, Alaska, Tennessee, and Mississippi, they’d more than quadruple. In Texas, South Carolina, and Alabama, they’d triple.

Millions would lose affordable care overnight.