REED & WHITEHOUSE TEAM UP WITH PROTECT OUR HEALTHCARE COALITION TO URGE U.S. SENATE TO EXTEND ACA TAX CREDITS & LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR RIERS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Jack Reed issued the following press release:

Over 48,000 Rhode Islanders depend on HealthSource RI for health insurance coverage to protect themselves and their families. Those Rhode Islanders are facing huge increases in their health insurance premiums because of Republican inaction on extending critical Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced tax credits that expired on January 1, 2026.

As a result, about 13,000 are expected to go without health insurance altogether which will strain the state's health care system and hike up costs for others.

U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today joined leading advocates from the Protect Our Healthcare Coalition to call on Congress to extend the ACA tax credits a...