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Republicans are quietly rolling back Obamacare. Here's how - CNN Members of National Nurses United march past the US Capitol on March 12 during a demonstration against efforts to dismantle and defund health care. Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/AP/File Health care policy Donald Trump See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are no longer promising to repeal Obamacare, but that doesn’t mean they have given up efforts to take down the landmark health reform law. Unlike in 2017, when the late GOP Sen. John McCain’s dramatic thumbs-down dashed his caucus’s hope of overturning the Affordable Care Act, Republicans barely mentioned Obamacare as they swiftly pushed Trump’s massive domestic agenda package through Congress this year. Instead, they focused their talking points on eliminating fraud in Medicaid and protecting the program for the most vulnerable. And this time, they were successful in dealing a major blow to the Affordable Care Act. The “big, beautiful bill,” along with a new rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is expected to leave millions more people without health coverage, raise c…

ACA health coverage subsidy lapse hit 22 million people; some ... - CNBC Enhanced subsidies that helped millions of people afford health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplaceexpired at the end of 2025— which has forced many people tomake tough financial choices. The enhanced subsidies, which had been in place since 2021,reduced insurance premiumsfor about 22 million people last year, or more than 90% of all ACA enrollees. KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group, estimates the lapse caused premiums tomore than doublefor the average recipient in 2026. The impact will likely extend far beyond households' wallets: Political pundits have said the financial fallout couldsway the outcomeof the midterm elections in November. Democrats in Congress havepushed to extend the enhanced subsidies. Most Republicans in Congress have so far said they're opposed, even though health policy experts said the enhanced subsidies caused ACA enrollment to surge in red states. As of last year, 88% of enrollment growth in the ACA marketplace since 2020 — or 11.4 million out of 12.9 million new enrollees —occurred in states President Donald Trump wonduring the 2024 election, according t…

HEADLINES: ACA Enrollment Continues to Fall As Republicans ... Across the country, hard-working families continue to drop their Affordable Care Act coverage after Republicans ripped away health care tax credits to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Over 1 million Americans have dropped their coverage for 2026, but that number will keep climbing as more people realize they can’t afford the care they need. At a moment when voters say health care is their top concern , Congressional Republicans are making it even harder for families to get covered. Families are sitting at the dinner table, trying to make the math work, and staring down impossible choices: trim their already tight budgets to pay for sky-high premiums, downgrade to a plan that covers less with an unaffordable deductible, or go uninsured and hope they stay healthy. The solution is collecting dust on John Thune’s desk: a three-year clean extension of the current tax credits, supported by a bipartisan majority in the House, the Senate, and the American people. CNN : Obamacare Enrollment Drops After Enhanced Premium Subsidies Expire “’That number does not tell the full story. These numbers are going to …

23 million Americans signed up for Obamacare despite subsidy hit MONEY Democratic Party Add Topic Obamacare signups dropped by 1.2 million. Here's why that may change Ken Alltucker USA TODAY Feb. 4, 2026 Updated Feb. 5, 2026, 3:34 p.m. ET Hear this story Millions of Americans were expected to lose Affordable Care Act health insurance when enhanced tax credits were eliminated this year. But so far, the worst-case scenario hasn't materialized even though momentum to reinstate COVID-era subsidies has stalled. About 23 million Americans signed up for ACA coverage on federal and state-based marketplaces in 2026, down from 24.2 million signups as of January 2025, according to Jan. 28 figures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. "Enrollment is not down as much as I thought it would be," said Cynthia Cox, vice president and director of the program on the ACA at KFF, a health policy nonprofit. But the preliminary figures come with a couple of big caveats, Cox and other enrollment experts said. Millions of Americans with ACA insurance, also known as Obamacare, were automatically reenrolled in plans that are more expensive this year and consumers' average insurance costs may sp…

Millions drop Obamacare after Trump-backed subsidy… - inkl More than five million Americans have dropped Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, health insurance plans after enhanced federal subsidies expired, leading to sharp increases in premium costs and reigniting a political battle over former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. Get breaking news anytime, anywhere. Download the TOI app now! New data released by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday showed that 19.2 million people remain enrolled in ACA marketplace plans for 2026. That is down from a record 24.2 million enrolled in 2025, with over one million fewer people selecting plans during open enrollment and another four million later dropping coverage or failing to pay premiums. The steep decline follows the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits after President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress declined to extend the subsidies introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic under the Biden administration. Democrats had sought to preserve the financial assistance and even shut down the federal government in October 2025 during negotiations over extending the programme. The…

Millions drop Obamacare health coverage after subsidies expire and costs rise <p>NEW YORK &#8212; About 3 million fewer people in the United States had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year, according to new federal data.</p>

Millions drop Obamacare after Trump-backed subsidy rollback sends premiums soaring Millions of Americans have lost their Obamacare health insurance as enhanced federal subsidies expired, causing premium costs to skyrocket. Over five million have dropped coverage, leading to a significant enrollment drop. While the Trump administration points to fraud, experts attribute the decline to unaffordable premiums, raising concerns about market stability and future insurance availability.

5 million have dropped ACA insurance after prices skyrocket NPR News 5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket NPR | By Selena Simmons-Duffin Published June 26, 2026 at 6:54 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Patrick Sison / AP The federal government released a report saying that 19.2 million people still have ACA insurance in 2026. Healthcare.gov is the marketplace for 29 states. Updated June 28, 2026 at 9:49 AM EDT Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter, sent every weekday morning. Far more people than previously known have dropped Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026, according to data released Friday. Five million fewer people are currently enrolled in ACA marketplace plans compared to the record high reached last year. More than 1 million fewer people picked a plan for 2026, and then 4 million more either disenrolled or failed to pay their premiums and therefore dropped coverage. Prices in the market skyrocketed after President Trump and Republicans in Congress failed to extend extra financial help for enrollees last year. The Department of Health and Human Services published a report about the da…

Millions drop Obamacare coverage after subsidies expire, costs rise People faced double or even triple digit increases in their premium payments. NEW YORK --About 3 million fewer people in the United States hadAffordable Care Acthealth insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year, according to new federal data. In thereportreleased Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested the 13% drop in enrollment from 22.1 million people in 2025 to 19.2 million this year could be attributed to a federal crackdown on fraudulent or “phantom” enrollment. But health analysts said it was more likely related to the Jan. 1expiration of federal subsidies, which caused a surge in plan costs that resulted in many people being unable to pay their premiums. “We know that real people lost their health insurance coverage,” said Cynthia Cox, a vice president and director of the ACA program at the healthcare research nonprofit KFF, citing survey findings on people who had left their plans. “This coverage loss happened at the same time millions of people faced double or even triple digit increases in their premium payments.” The new data, compiled in April but s…

Obamacare rolls shrank dramatically in many states over the past year, new federal data shows <p>NEW YORK &#8212; States across the country saw steep drops in the number of people covered by the Affordable Care Act over the past year, with Ohio and Oklahoma each losing nearly one-third of enrollees, according to new federal data that provides the first complete 50-state breakdown of sharp enrollment declines following the January expiration of enhanced subsidies.</p>

Obamacare rolls shrank dramatically in many states over the past year, new federal data shows <p>New federal data reveals the first 50-state look at a steep drop in Affordable Care Act enrollment after enhanced subsidies expired in January.</p>