Health insurance tax cut could end unless Congress acts
About 300,000 low-income Arizonans depend on the Affordable Care Act for health insurance. Now, a pandemic-era tax credit could be disappearing.
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Show Notes
A key hang up causing the government shutdown involves a pandemic-era provision for Americans impacting health insurance and medical bills.
Currently, about 300,000 Arizonans earn too much to receive Medicaid help, but don't have affordable insurance options through work. This group has qualified for subsidies that cut their insurance costs from the Affordable Care Act insurers since 2021.
This relief stops at the end of the year unless Congress moves to extend it, and if aid ends, Arizonans face premium hikes that could jump by nearly $500 per month.
This week on The Gaggle, we talk with Will Humble, former state health director.
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Guest: Will Humble
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