SAN JOSE, CA – Bay Area U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), and Sam Liccardo (CA-16) joined local healthcare executives and residents of Santa Clara County to discuss the Republican healthcare crisis and the need to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits at the Gardner Health Center located at 195 East Virginia Street in San Jose, CA on Monday, October 20.
“House Republicans have been on vacation for over a month while
Americans have been getting notices that their healthcare premiums are
soaring,”
said Rep. Zoe Lofgren. “If anyone else didn't show up to their
job for a month when they knew there's urgent business to deal with,
they'd lose that job. Folks in my district are seeing their healthcare
costs doubling; thousands will be unable to afford
insurance at all. Speaker Johnson needs to call Congress back to DC so
we can pass a budget that deals with this healthcare crisis and reopens
the government.”
“Even though the Republicans are in charge of the House, Senate, and
White House, they refuse to negotiate to restore healthcare for working
families. As Americans start to receive notices that their healthcare
premiums are significantly increasing and as Medicaid
recipients, rural hospitals, nursing homes, and community healthcare
clinics brace for the largest cut to Medicaid in its history, all due to
the Republican purely partisan One Big Beautiful Bill law, pressure
should build on Republicans and the White House
to get back to the negotiating table with Democrats. If not, this
shutdown will quickly get beyond political, and become very personal as
people start to lose paychecks, working families start to lose
healthcare, and Congress, the Senate, and the President
lose credibility. It is well past time for the leadership in both
parties to come together and do its job to get the government open,
protect healthcare, and lower costs for working families,”
said Rep. Jimmy Panetta.
“Families feel the squeeze from every direction. By extending the ACA
tax credits, we can help 24,000 of our local neighbors keep their
coverage and lower health costs,”
said Rep. Sam Liccardo.
Across California’s 16th, 18th, and 19th Districts, 78,000 people will
see their healthcare costs rise if Republicans let ACA tax credits
expire and nearly 100,000 people will lose health coverage because of
Republican cuts to Medicaid (also known in California
as Medi-Cal). If ACA tax credits expire, constituents of California’s
16th, 18th, and 19th Districts can see their annual premiums increase by
up to 1,135%.
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