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Peter Welch: “That is right; $37,000 a year, and there are 40,000 as you mentioned. This is really about the Affordable Care tax…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2025
That is right; $37,000 a year, and there are 40,000 as you mentioned. This is really about the Affordable Care tax credits that expire. This was not in the Big Beautiful Bill. The Big Beautiful Bill took a trillion dollars away from the Medicaid Program, but now we have pending before us the imminent cliff where the premium increases that were passed by this body on a bipartisan basis to help during COVID, those expire. When that expires, those families in Wyoming are going--who are on the Affordable Care Act and who are 60 years old and they have $82,000 in income, they are going to see a premium increase of $37,193.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing the expiration of Affordable Care tax credits and its impact on families in Wyoming.

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