Sen. Ossoff: “I heard from a constituent who has diabetes. When she learned that the Republicans might let these ACA benefits expire, she cried. Not for herself, but because she thought that meant that other people might die. And then she got her new insurance premium quote. And it’s $700 more per month than what she’s paying now.”
Atlanta, Ga. — Senator Jon Ossoff joined The Briefing with Jen Psaki last night where he once again urged Republicans to protect Georgians’ health care ahead of the Senate’s vote today to extend ACA subsidies.
Sen. Ossoff spotlighted a diabetic constituent whose monthly premiums would skyrocket by $700 without an extension of vital health care subsidies, and is one of 1.4 million Georgians who could see their health insurance premiums double if the ACA tax credits are not extended.
Senator Ossoff’s Republican opponents all announced this week that they oppose extending the ACA credits.
Leading up to the Senate’s vote today, Sen. Ossoff has repeatedly called on Republicans to protect Georgians’ health care. 95% of the Georgians who get their insurance on the ACA Marketplace rely on the tax credits to afford their plans.
“I heard from a constituent who has diabetes. When she learned that the Republicans might let these ACA benefits expire, she cried. Not for herself, but because she thought that meant that other people might die. And then she got her new insurance premium quote. And it’s $700 more per month than what she’s paying now. Again, she’s diabetic. She just had major surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again because she realized she’s going to have to cancel her insurance plan, and she believes that she might die. She might die because of a policy choice that politicians in Washington would make. Yes, there’s the red versus blue aspect of this, but we’re talking about life and death. We’re talking about financial ruin, potentially, for hundreds of thousands of Georgians, for millions of Americans. And there’s only one way that we have right now with you know, this deadline is in just a couple of weeks. Folks have to stop signing up in just a few days. The new premiums hit in just a few weeks. We need to pass this extension of these tax credits and I hope Republicans will hear from their constituents — those kinds of stories — and join us to do it,” said Sen. Ossoff.
