Looking at Potential Health Coverage Losses
Changes adopted in the FY 2026 budget reconciliation bill (“the One Big Beautiful Bill” Act) could result in a significant increase in the ranks of the uninsured across the country. According to an Urban Institute analysis supported by the Commonwealth Fund, if current expanded health insurance premium tax credits end with the beginning of the new federal fiscal year on October 1, 4.8 million more people would become uninsured, a 21 percent increase. 3 million fewer people across the U.S. would get subsidized marketplace coverage. Premiums would soar. For people earning less than 250 percent of poverty (about $39,000 for [...]