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ICYMI: Ohio Patients, Health Care Providers Sound the Alarm on Jon Husted’s Health Care Crisis

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Columbus, Ohio — With open enrollment now underway, health care premiums are skyrocketing for an estimated 583,000 Ohioans as the ACA tax credits expire at the end of this year.

Yesterday, Ohio patients and health care providers from across the state sounded the alarm on Jon Husted’s health care crisis, calling out Husted for failing to protect affordable health care as costs are soaring and coverage is at risk.

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WTOL: 583,000 Ohioans Bracing for Record Premium Hikes
Tim Miller: With open enrollment now underway, an estimated 583,000 Ohioans are bracing for record premium hikes as federal ACA tax credits expire at the end of the year.
Tim Miller: Advocates for the Affordable Health Care Act held a news conference today outside of Senator Jon Husted’s Toledo office. They say he is refusing to act as costs surge and coverage remains at risk.
Tracii Johnson, Toledo native: “The ACA tax credit allows for me to be able to afford my own health insurance, and I’m very concerned that Senator Husted has not been fighting for health care for Ohioans, and I’m very concerned that I am not going to be able to continue to serve my community.”
Tim Miller: Now some say without action to extend the tax credits, many Ohioans could lose access to affordable health care.

Columbus Dispatch: Ohio doctors warn of high health care costs as fight over Obamacare subsidies heats up
Days into open enrollment for 2026, a group of physicians sounded the alarm about the potential loss of enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act.
“Ohioans will be sicker, poorer and less secure because of the attacks on health care,” Akron-area psychiatrist Doug Smith said during a news conference on Nov. 5.
KFF projected that a lapse in enhanced tax credits could more than double what enrollees with subsidies pay right now.
A single adult in Franklin County who earns $50,000 could see premiums increase by more than $1,700, according to a calculator provided by KFF. Costs could rise by $8,500 for a family of four in Summit County with a household income of $130,000. In Hamilton County, couples who make $90,000 may spend $4,600 more on health care.

Toledo Blade: Toledoans express concerns over future of affordable health care amid government shutdown
Ms. Johnson, the executive director of the Monroe Street Neighborhood Center, was able to get insurance under the Affordable Care Act, but if Congress doesn’t extend those tax credits, her premiums will triple.
“It’s not cheap, and it’s not really good,” Ms. Johnson said of her insurance plan. But without it, she would have to forgo health-care coverage altogether.
“[…] The alternative is just don’t have any health care and pray that I don’t have to go to the hospital.”
Mr. Husted was not at his Toledo office on Thursday, but Dr. Ross asked the senator to come visit. “Come listen to us,” Dr. Ross said, “because people are going to suffer […].”WTVG: Husted’s Refusal to Extend Affordable Care Act Tax Credits
Lee Conklin: Local health care providers and patients came together to make their voices heard, gathering outside Senator Jon Husted’s Toledo office this morning to talk about what they call Husted’s refusal to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, saying the math simply doesn’t add up.Dr. Johnathon Ross, Toledo-area physician: “As a percentage of total income, taking the taxes and everything else that goes into our healthcare system, people like this are paying a bigger percentage of their total income than the richest people in this country. It’s totally upside down. It doesn’t have to be that way.”

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