I’ve heard this loud and clear from my constituents, too. They want a real bipartisan agreement to reopen the government and protect their healthcare.

I assume all of us that have been fighting to protect our constituents from soaring healthcare costs will vote against this. (2/2)

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“Without the subsidies from the ACA, I could see this nearly triple going forward. That would be absolutely catastrophic for my family.”

“To keep the same plan for next year, it will cost an additional $230 a month with higher copays and higher prescription fees. We're all going to either die because we don't have coverage or because we can't afford to put food on the table...even those of us middle-class working folk."

“My health insurance coverage will go from $65 per month in 2025 to $383 per month in 2026.”

“If they raise rates even a little, it will literally ruin me financially and probably keep me from receiving life-saving care.”

“I fear that a family plan would exceed $2500 a month which is more than my mortgage. It is unsustainable for us.”

“I’m a self-employed business owner and healthcare costs are holding back our American dream.”

"I've never written to a representative in my life but just saw that my family's healthcare coverage is going up over $200/month! Also, my deductible is going from $1800 to $7500. What the hell is going on? What are we supposed to do?”

“My wife has incurable cancer, and last month's insurance statement put the cost of her drugs at $15k. Without the tax subsidies, we will lose all ability to cover her medical costs.”

In the end, we need a Congress and a president who understands that people need help buying health insurance and we need everyone to have healthcare.

So what should happen now?

In the short run: Affordable Care Act subsidies must be extended.

In the long run: we need a public option where people can buy into Medicare. Medicare is the best, most affordable healthcare you can get.

If your healthcare is $1,000 a month, you might pay $500 and subsidies will help cover the other $500.

If politicians take those subsidies away, you’ll either lose your healthcare or go into debt.

That includes self-employed people, entrepreneurs, contract workers, small business owners, and farmers.

Just like everyone else, they need help paying for it. That’s where the ACA subsidies come in.

Bucket 4: The Affordable Care Act

This is everyone else — and it’s growing. Fewer jobs come with healthcare, so more people use the marketplace the ACA created.

That’s where they get their healthcare.

Bucket 3: Medicaid

Medicaid is for folks who can’t work because of a disability, or who work low-wage jobs without coverage.

Tens of millions of people get their healthcare through Medicaid.

Bucket 2: Medicare

Medicare is for when you retire.

You’ve been paying into it your whole working life. You pay some, Medicare pays some, and you get healthcare in retirement.

Bucket 1: Employer-based coverage

Most healthcare in the U.S. comes through your job.

If you’re lucky enough to have a job with coverage, the employer pays some and you pay some.