"As politicians deadlock in Washington, Kara Farley, who has a malignant melanoma and is married to a man with Type 1 diabetes, is scared she won't be able to find the low-cost health insurance they need for their treatment. "I don't know where we will find the money in our budget," she said about the loss of pandemic-era subsidies through the Affordable Care Act, informally known as Obamacare."
"Those subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, an issue that is at the center of the ongoing government shutdown that has now dragged into a new month. Farley, of Boynton Beach, was diagnosed many years ago in an emergency room. She had treatment without insurance, which sent her into medical debt for years. Her husband suffers from seizures and also spent time in the emergency room with hypoglycemic episodes."
"The subsidies have "made an everlasting difference for us," she said at a Democratic Party news conference in Miami on Monday. "Losing this coverage or paying double would be devastating." Spotlighting stories like Farley's, Florida Democrats are ratcheting up pressure on Republicans over the higher cost of Obamacare plans. Some people are seeing their premiums double, if not triple or more. Much of that increase is being driven by the expiration of enhanced subsidies enacted in 2021 during former President Joe Biden's administration."
Kara Farley has malignant melanoma and is married to a man with Type 1 diabetes and fears losing low-cost health insurance for their treatment. Pandemic-era enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year amid a government shutdown. Farley previously received emergency-room treatment without insurance and accumulated years of medical debt. Her husband experiences seizures and hypoglycemic episodes that required emergency care. The subsidies have substantially reduced their costs, and losing them or paying much higher premiums would be devastating. Many marketplace enrollees face sticker shock as premiums rise with the subsidy expiration reflecting 2021 enhancements ending.
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