Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that helped middle-income families afford coverage are set to end Dec. 31 unless Congress acts
An estimated 80,000 people in Washington would drop their health insurance if Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of December, according to the state insurance commissioner’s office.
The expiring subsidies, which have helped about 216,000 Washingtonians afford health coverage, were temporarily expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. Without congressional action to extend them, many middle-income families face the reality of premium increases that could price them out of coverage entirely.
How the subsidies changed
When the Affordable Care
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