1 in 5 Americans are on Medicaid. It’s the largest insurer in the United States.

“The profound consequences of this year’s retrenchments will be felt for years to come.” https://time.com/7339884/2025-health-progress-vaccine-policy/

Trump doesn't want to hear about affordability while he caters to his billionaire buddies.

Health care is a human right.

“I think a lot of people will not be able to do anything” without Medicaid, says 16yo Isaac. Born before the #AffordableCareAct, he blew through his two-million-dollar lifetime cap before he was a year old! Thanks to #Medicaid, he's thriving today ❤️💙 littlelobbyists.org/isaacs-story...

“Marketplace estimates say that premiums could double—or even triple— for those 22 million Americans who receive enhanced subsidies that make health premiums cheaper.” https://time.com/7332658/government-shutdown-over-aca-subsidies/

High-quality, affordable health care should be a right, not a privilege, for everyone in America.

“Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/measles-outbreaks-worsen-south-carolina-arizona-utah/

“Nine in ten Marketplace enrollees (90%) expect that the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits will have an impact on the amount they pay monthly for their health insurance” https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/2025-kff-marketplace-enrollees-survey/

“Americans’ approval of the 2010 Affordable Care Act has edged up to a new high of 57% as the clock ticks down to Dec. 31, when enhanced healthcare subsidies enacted during the pandemic are set to expire” https://news.gallup.com/poll/699449/independents-drive-approval-aca-new-high.aspx

Over 70 MILLION Americans count on Medicaid. It’s the backbone of health care access in America.

Dan Pfeiffer: Health care affordability is on the agenda. It was not even being talked about before. ... Jeffries has played his cards very, very well and put the democrats in a position of maximum leverage for next year.

Speaker Johnson blocking the vote on the ACA tax credits guaranteed that millions of people will lose health care coverage, hitting rural hospitals the hardest. “What we see under this Trump administration is the biggest threat to rural health care in my lifetime,” says KY Gov Andy Beshear.

Speaker Johnson has now officially avoided the ACA vote. “All they’ve done is reinforce the fact that their sole objective is… jamming their extreme right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people, while doing nothing at all to make life better for the American people” says Jeffries.

Republicans in Congress left D.C. without lifting a finger to stop a health care crisis they created. Over 21 million Americans now face higher premiums or lost coverage—starting January 1. They chose billionaires over working families. We won’t forget.

FOX News Host: A lot of what [Trump] said is just mathematically impossible. … If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to $0. If you cut it by 4-, 5-, 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you to take their product.

Democratic Whip, Rep. Catherine Clark: Thanks to the unity of this caucus, the leadership of Hakeem Jeffries, and the resolve of the American people, Democrats have secured a vote on extending the ACA tax credits.

Jeffries: The overwhelming majority of the American people support the Democratic position, which is to make sure that we are driving down health care costs, in part by ensuring that we are extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits.

Jeffries: Time has run out. Republicans have had all year to deal with this issue, and have chosen not to do it…

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McGovern: [Republicans] have spent an entire year screwing over the people that they represent. ... The American people are begging for action on affordability. They are begging for action to lower the costs of health care. What more do they need to do to get Republicans to take action?

This week, House Dems are making a last-ditch effort to extend the ACA tax credits, while the GOP sits on their hands, forcing health care costs to skyrocket for millions of people. "Mike Johnson and Donald Trump have no interest in allowing those votes to come to the floor," says CA Rep. Garcia.

Over 30,000 Mainers could lose health coverage due to large Medicaid cuts and the expiration of ACA tax credits. When coverage disappears, families delay care and hospitals struggle to keep their doors open.

Rep. McGovern: If by ‘concepts of a plan,’ you meant screwing millions of Americans over, I think you’ve accomplished your goal.

Rep. DeSaulnier: Under the House Republican proposal, Americans will be forced to pay more and get less.

Rep. McGovern: It’s clearly not about the money. … Every billionaire and special interest that comes knocking gets a loophole or a tax break. But when it comes to helping regular people afford health care, suddenly ‘it’s tough, and we don’t have the money to pay for it.’

FOX News host: The ACA has never been more popular than it is today. … More than 60% of Americans say that it is a positive thing, and they don’t know what the Republican alternative is. … Republicans are losing on this messaging.

Protect Our Care stands with Leader Jeffries in support of a clean, three-year extension of ACA tax credits to protect over 21 million Americans from higher premiums and lost coverage. House Republicans must do their job and act now.

Rep. Aguilar: Democrats’ number one focus is ensuring that people are healthy and safe, for them and their families. We want to avoid these increases that the American people are facing at the hands of Republican inaction.

Rep. Aguilar: This isn’t a serious effort to address the rising costs of health care that millions of Americans will face… Time is still marching on, while Republicans sit on their hands.

Jeffries: From the very beginning, Republicans have made their intentions clear: they don’t want to see the ACA tax credits extended because they don’t support providing affordable health care to everyday Americans.

Doctor on RFK Jr's handling of US public health: It's a pathetic, horrible outcome of really bad policy mixed with a really, really ignorant understanding of what our health care system needs.

A new independent analysis finds that Republican Medicaid cuts hit rural America hardest — and the so-called rural health fund doesn’t come close to filling the gap. Details released by @wyden.senate.gov:

“It’s a lifeline” says Michigan resident Diane. Like so many others, Diane is dependent on the ACA tax credits to keep her chronic condition, and the drug treatments that come with it, affordable. When Republicans let those credits expire on January 1st, the impact will be devastating.

Senator Booker: To me, this is a fault line in our county with the Republicans wanting to strip away health care.

Today is the final day of ACA open enrollment. Across the country, families are facing steep premium increases that threaten their ability to stay covered. Health care should be affordable—and policy decisions matter.

Senator Booker: What [Republicans] are doing is they are taking a battle axe to Americans’ affordability, to Americans’ ability to afford their health care. And that’s just plainly wrong. Morally wrong.

Today is the deadline to enroll in ACA coverage for Jan. 1. Instead of helping families get covered, Trump and Republicans ran out the clock — leaving Americans scrambling and risking gaps in care. People don’t have time for these political games.

As measles cases soar and hundreds quarantine across SC, Fox News medical contributor says: “Unfortunately, the way things are going right now with the CDC and the current vaccination advisory committees, we’re seeing even more mistrust and confusion… and we’re going to see more measles cases.

NV Rep. Horsford: Republicans found the time and the money to give tax breaks to billionaires and to big corporations, but they don’t have the time, or the respect, to give tax relief to working families to keep their health care.

Republicans, take note.

AOC: Reproductive care is health care. Period.

“The organization said Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio lost $10 million in federal funding over the past year.” https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/planned-parenthood-closes-franklinton-clinic-loss-of-federal-funding/530-7ffe72d0-4290-4983-b4df-55c720d3c90c

Measles cases are once again surging across the United States, with 114 reported cases in South Carolina alone. This is what happens when RFK Jr., a vaccine denier, is put in charge - public health and the American people suffer.

“After Christmas.” That’s Senator Cornyn and Republicans' plan on health care — while premiums rise now and 4 million Texans count on ACA coverage. If the ACA tax credits expire, over 1 million Texans could lose care. Playing politics with health care puts lives at risk.

If Trump and the GOP keep dragging their feet - like they have for a decade - millions of Americans will be priced out of the health care they depend on.

Over 70 million Americans are enrolled in Medicaid. It’s part of the backbone of health care in America.

We've got your back.

After a 51-48 vote, the Senate failed to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits today and stop health care premiums from skyrocketing for nearly 24 million Americans. “And now the next chapter begins” says Senator Schumer. “Republicans are responsible for what happens next.”

They said no to affordable health care.