{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases/baldwin-leads-resolution-to-overturn-trump-affordable-care-act-rule-that-will-jack-up-costs-terminate-care-for-millions", "Baldwin Leads Resolution to Overturn Trump Affordable Care Act Rule that Will Jack Up Costs, Terminate Care for Millions", "2026-06-17", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "Senate", "WI", "Tammy Baldwin", "B001230", "www.baldwin.senate.gov", "baldwin", "https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led their colleagues in introducing a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to repeal the Trump Administration\u2019s rule that will undermine the Affordable Care Act marketplace, terminating coverage for up to two million Americans, raising out-of-pocket costs, and making it easier for insurance companies to cover fewer services. Once introduced, Senator Baldwin can and will force the Senate to vote on this Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal this disastrous rule and protect Americans\u2019 coverage.\n\n\u201cFor over a decade, Donald Trump and Republicans have worked to gut the Affordable Care Act without any plan to replace it, leaving millions of Americans paying higher costs for worse coverage,\u201d said Senator Baldwin. \u201cThis misguided rule is part and parcel of that plan, and I\u2019m committed to doing everything I can to stop them from kicking Americans off their health care and lower insurance costs for working families. When Americans buy insurance, they expect the coverage to be there when they need it. But under Trump\u2019s rule, families will be shortchanged \u2013 getting worse coverage for more of their hard-earned money.\u201d\n\n\u201cSince taking office, Trump and Congressional Republicans have repeatedly put billionaires over the American people\u2014dismantling the Affordable Care Act and leaving millions unable to afford life-saving care, all to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations,\u201d said Leader Schumer. \u201cIf Trump\u2019s rule is finalized, it will kick millions off their health insurance, families will face even higher health care costs, and patients will have worse options for care. But Congress can stop it, and I urge my Republican colleagues to do the right thing: vote with us to put patients over profits.\u201d\n\n\u201cAt every opportunity, Republicans have made Americans\u2019 health care more expensive and handed more power to big insurance companies,\u201d said Senator Wyden. \u201cTrump\u2019s latest attack on affordable health care includes sleazy schemes to let insurance companies sell you plans with sky high deductibles then turn around and offer you a loan to pay for the care you can\u2019t afford. This vote will be an opportunity to show American families where each party stands on affordable health care.\u201d\n\nThe Trump Administration\u2019s rule promotes the use of catastrophic health plans with extremely high deductibles and out-of-pocket costs, loosens physician network requirements for plans, and proposes that insurers be allowed to offer \u201cnon-network\u201d plans that may not cover the cost of care. This would make it easier for insurers to raise out-of-pocket costs, sell new kinds of junk insurance coverage, increase working families\u2019 deductibles, cover fewer services, and kick more providers out of network.\n\nThe result would be worse coverage at higher costs, including:\n\nTerminate Insurance for Up to 2M: According to CMS estimates, the rule would reduce enrollment in ACA plans by up to 2 million.\n\nJack Up Costs: Insurance would become more unaffordable. For example, bronze plans would have maximum out-of-pocket costs of $15,600 for an individual or $31,200 for a family in 2027 \u2013 almost the entire income of an individual earning at the federal poverty level.\n\nReduce Benefits: Benefits may be reduced in many states \u2013 meaning Americans could lose access to coverage for substance use disorder treatment, hearing aids, or other critical services.\n\nIncrease Red Tape: Paperwork burden would increase on 4.7 million Americans, making it more difficult for them to get the coverage they deserve and kicking millions off their insurance.\n\nCut off Americans from their Doctors: Access to providers would decrease as insurance companies sell non-network health plans \u2013 with unlimited costs to consumers \u2013 and reduce the number of providers in their networks.\n\nThe Senators\u2019 CRA resolution would repeal this destructive rule under the Congressional Review Act. Repealing this rule would prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, stop working families from facing astronomical out-of-pocket costs, and make it harder for insurance companies to take advantage of Americans by selling them junk insurance.\n\nThe resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Angus King (I-ME), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Representatives Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03) also introduced this resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives today.\n\nSenator Baldwin has long pushed back against Republicans\u2019 attempts to hollow out the Affordable Care Act and support Americans who rely on the marketplace for coverage. Earlier this year, she led her colleagues in demanding that the Trump Administration reverse course on its harmful proposed rule. Senator Baldwin has long pushed to curb the expansion of junk health insurance plans culminating in the Biden Administration heeding her years-long call to limit the availability of short-term limited duration insurance in 2024.\n\nMore information about this resolution is available here. 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