{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/press-releases/hirono-colleagues-slam-trump-administration-for-rising-health-care-costs-affordability-crisis-for-american-families", "Hirono, Colleagues Slam Trump Administration for Rising Health Care Costs, Affordability Crisis for American Families", "2025-11-05", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Mazie K. Hirono", "H001042", "www.hirono.senate.gov", "hirono", "https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Lawmakers: \u201cWe urge the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans to join us to lower Americans\u2019 health care costs and reopen the government.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 24 colleagues in slamming the Trump administration for its failure to address rising health care costs for American families. In a new letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the lawmakers highlighted the worsening affordability crisis, especially for health care \u2014 the crux of the fight surrounding Donald Trump and Republicans\u2019 ongoing government shutdown.\n\n\u201cOver 90 percent of American voters say it is important for Congress and the President to lower health care costs,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cWe urge the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans to join us to lower Americans\u2019 health care costs and reopen the government.\u201d\n\nThe senators explained that Donald Trump has raised health care costs for Americans in the following ways:\n\nAn estimated 154 million Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance will face the biggest premium increase in over a decade because of Donald Trump\u2019s policies;\n\nOver 24 million Americans who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will see their premiums skyrocket next year, and families receiving enhanced premium tax credits will face the largest price hike in history if the tax credits expire;\n\n15 million Americans will get kicked off of their health insurance because of Trump and Congressional Republicans\u2019 budget law, and millions more with Medicaid will face new, higher out-of-pocket costs;\n\n15 million Americans with $49 billion in medical debt are being denied federal relief, while 15 million more are at higher risk of accruing medical debt;\n\nMillions of Americans will have to pay \u201chundreds of dollars more in out-of-pocket costs\u201d for ACA coverage due to the Trump administration\u2019s final Marketplace rule; and\n\nMillions of Americans will pay more for prescription drugs due to Trump and Congressional Republicans\u2019 nearly $9 billion handout to Big Pharma.\n\nIn addition to Senators Hirono, Warren, Wyden, and Schumer, the letter was also signed by Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mark Kelly (D-AZ.), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and Peter Welch (D-VT).\n\nThe full text of the letter is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/press-releases/hirono-colleagues-slam-trump-administration-for-rising-health-care-costs-affordability-crisis-for-american-families"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8654152043163776, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}