ICYMI: Trump Pollster Highlights Broad Bipartisan Support for Extending ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits, Warns of Consequences of Inaction

(Washington, DC) – In case you missed it: Yesterday, John McLaughlin—one of President Trump’s favored pollsters and former advisors—released a poll findingAmericans overwhelmingly support extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits. The poll, conducted across key battleground districts between October 15-19, also highlighted the public’s understanding that the tax credits benefit hardworking Americans.
Among the key findings:
“With roughly a week until open enrollment begins, the American people are counting on Congress to come together and prevent suffocating premium hikes that will kick millions of people off of their health insurance and raise prices for millions more,”said Senator Shaheen, author ofbicameral legislationthat would permanently extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits. “These recent findings send a strong message that our constituents are calling on us to get this done. I’m sincerely hoping that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle answer them.”
Shaheen leads efforts in Congress to make health care more affordable through the preservation and extension of enhanced premium tax credits. Shaheen’sfirst bill introduction this Congresswas her landmarkHealth Care Affordability Act—bicameral legislation to permanently extend the tax credits for Marketplace coverage that have lowered health care costs for millions of Americans.
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