Collins refused to extend tax credits, Mainers are paying the price
Augusta, Maine – Nearly five weeks since the start of the CoverME, ACA marketplace’s open enrollment period, Mainers continue to face “sticker shock” at their skyrocketing insurance rates since Susan Collins refused to include an extension of ACA tax credits in the deal to reopen the government, calling ACA tax credits “poison pills.”
Maine Democratic Party spokesperson Tommy Garcia:
“It’s been five weeks since open enrollment started and thousands of Mainers are seeing their insurance rates skyrocket because Susan Collins refused to extend ACA tax credits when she had the chance. Collins has consistently put affordable health care at risk for thousands of Mainers, and they will hold her accountable for it come 2026.”
After repeatedly refusing to take action to extend ACA tax credits and saying there was no deadline, Collins recently said that the CoverME ACA marketplace’s open enrollment period already beginning makes it “difficult” to negotiate a deal on extending ACA tax credits.
According to recent reporting, at least “2,000 people who buy marketplace health insurance have already canceled their 2026 coverage.”
Read more from the past week:
Portland Press Herald: Small business owners in Maine facing huge spikes in ACA premiums
Maine Morning Star: Mainers consider forgoing health insurance due to spiking costs
NBC News: Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
CNN: Congress flails on health care as Obamacare deadline looms
Mother Jones: For Many Contractors, Losing ACA Subsidies Means Losing Health Care
Axios: ACA premium hikes would force painful choices: Survey
See more: Mainers Call ACA Tax Credits a “Lifeline,” While Susan Collins Undermines Their Extension; What They’re Saying: “Small Business Owners in Maine Facing Huge Spikes in ACA Premiums”; What They’re Saying: Mainers Protest, Slam Collins for Not Extending ACA Tax Credits; ICYMI: Impacted Mainers Discuss Skyrocketing Insurance Rates After Collins Refused to Extend ACA Tax Credits; New Video: Collins Called ACA Tax Credit Extension a “Poison Pill”; MDP Statement on Susan Collins Refusing to Stave Off Skyrocketing Insurance Rates; What Mainers are Saying: “Susan Collins Refuses to Protect Our Health Care”; What They’re Watching: Mainers Share Personal Stories of How Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Will Impact Their Lives & Health; ICYMI: Impacted Mainers Discuss Skyrocketing Insurance Rates As Collins Refuses to Protect Mainers’ Health Care; What Mainers are Saying About Rising Insurance Premiums: “I am Scared,” “What Are We Going to Do,” People “Are Going to Die”
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