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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:37 PM Sep 23

Fact check: Will health insurance premiums spike by 75% if Republicans don't extend ACA subsidies? [View all]

The claim: House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the second-highest ranking House Democrat, said in a Sept. 12 X post, "Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans" if they don't extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., used the same figure Sept. 9. And AHIP, an insurance industry group, also cited the 75% figure in an article in which it urged passage of subsidy extensions.

PolitiFact ruling: If the Republican-controlled Congress does not extend Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies before they expire at the end of this year, enrollees would have to pay more.

KFF analysis of federal data found that the average increase in out-of-pocket coverage cost would be 79%, with state-by-state average increases ranging from 49% to 195%.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-health-insurance-premiums-090015204.html

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