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Jeanne Shaheen: “Health insurance had gotten so expensive that the average…”

Featuring: Jeanne Shaheen, Democratic | U.S. Senate New Hampshire

U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks

Published September 15, 2025 | Video Starts at 26:32

That's the problem we had before we passed the Affordable Care act, as I know Senator Baldwin remembers, because Health insurance had gotten so expensive that the average family couldn't afford it. And that's where we're headed now. And again, I would hope that our Republican colleagues would take a look at what the potential impact is here and what that means for small businesses. (26:32–26:37)

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Asserts that health insurance was previously unaffordable for the average family.

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“Tens of millions of Americans rely on the enhanced protection premium tax credits to keep their health insurance premiums affordable.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 06:01-06:13
“It will raise the cost of insurance by over 75% on average for tens of millions of people in this country.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 07:33-07:40
“In New Hampshire alone, we have over 45,000 people who could lose their health insurance if these tax credits expire.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 07:45-07:54
“We've already had four health care facilities in New Hampshire close because of what was done to kick people off of Medicaid and to not…”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 07:54-08:08
“If Congress doesn't act, this program [enhanced protection premium tax credits] is going to expire at the end of the year.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 06:17-06:23
“We failed to extend those enhanced premium tax credits that so many families rely on in order to be able to afford health insurance.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 07:05-07:13
“We've tried three times to advance a bill offering a permanent extension of the premium tax credits. Each time, our Republican colleagues…”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 07:17-07:27
“According to a study that a number of senators commissioned from Georgetown University center for Health Insurance Reform, the people who…”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 08:45-09:07
“Failing to extend these credits are going to hurt small businesses that create jobs and power local economies all across this country.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 09:12-09:20
“Two of President Trump's pollsters have said the Republicans' failure to extend the premium tax credits is going to be very bad news for…”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 09:19-09:34
“President Trump's pollsters have recognized why this is important.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 22:06-22:10
“We know that people are being kicked off Medicaid.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 25:35-25:38
“A lot of the ways in which people were able to enroll through navigators in various ways is ending, has ended under the Trump…”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 25:38-25:50
“Healthy people who are finding it harder to enroll are expected not to re-enroll because of the difficulties.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 25:49-26:07
“The risk pool is going to be sicker and those costs are going to go up.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 26:01-26:07
“Insurance companies are looking at increasing rates.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 26:06-26:11
“Because of the changes that this administration has made in health care coverage, it's going to mean that fewer people, healthy people are…”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 26:10-26:25
“Speaker Johnson said that he would like the ACA subsidy issue to be more of a health care issue rather than a finance issue.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 27:06-27:14
“If this doesn't get extended, I can't afford health insurance and I'm going to go bankrupt.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 27:28-27:33
“Political violence doesn't stick to one political party or another.”
U.S. Senators Baldwin, Schumer, and Shaheen Call On GOP to Pass Affordable Care Act Tax Breaks | Uploaded September 15, 2025 | 29:00-29:05
“What's being proposed is not clear yet.”
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