{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/health-care-sticker-shock-aca-open-enrollment-begins-with-huge-spike-in-premiums", "Health Care Sticker Shock: ACA Open Enrollment Begins with Huge Spike in Premiums", "2025-11-03", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "RI", "Jack Reed", "R000122", "www.reed.senate.gov", "jackreed", "https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases", "scraper", "PROVIDENCE, RI \u2013 The Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplace is now open for enrollment for 2026 coverage. Between now and January 31, 2026, Rhode Islanders can shop for health and dental insurance that meets their needs and budgets using the state\u2019s ACA portal: HealthSource RI.\n\nU.S. Senator Jack Reed says many Rhode Islanders are already facing sticker shock due to President Trump\u2019s policies and Congressional Republicans\u2019 refusal to extend ACA tax credits. As a result, millions of families across the country will pay double or triple what they did before \u2014 or may lose their coverage altogether.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump is refusing to even meet and talk about this crisis. Instead, Trump is forcing Americans to pay more for their health care or lose coverage altogether. Rather than invest in innovations that help patients or reducing the costs of prescription drugs, President Trump is cutting health care to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and special interests. He continues to try to tear down the ACA, and still has no plan to replace it \u2013 he hasn\u2019t even produced his so-called \u2018concepts of a plan.\u2019 His health care policy is a cruel joke that makes it harder to see a doctor, more expensive to get health coverage, and more difficult to keep and renew it. And he\u2019s forcing these health care price increases at the same time his tariffs, Medicaid cuts, and economic policies are causing higher grocery bills, housing, utilities, and other basic expenses,\u201d said Senator Reed.\n\nAccording to experts at HealthSource RI, many Rhode Islanders could see their average monthly health costs double, depending on their circumstances and level of coverage. HealthSource RI enrollees are projected to pay about $111 more per person per month unless Republicans in Congress join with Democrats to extend enhanced federal tax credits that are expiring at the end of the year.\n\nAn estimated 13,000 Rhode Islanders could drop insurance coverage if that happens, according to HealthSource RI estimates.\n\nNationwide, Republicans\u2019 steep cuts to Medicaid, coupled with the likely expiration of ACA tax credits, could leave roughly 14 million Americans without insurance.\n\n\u201cEvery American deserves affordable, quality health coverage,\u201d said Senator Reed. \u201cThat is why I am fighting to re-open the government, lower costs, and protect people\u2019s access to health care so it is there when they need it. With open enrollment, people are starting to see the reality of the Trump-Republican plan and experience the resulting price shocks, dropped coverage, and marketplace instability.\u201d\n\nThe cost of health insurance for the roughly 165 million Americans under the age of 65 who receive their coverage through work is also rapidly rising and is expected to increase by the biggest annual jump in 15 years.\n\nOver the last twelve years, Rhode Island\u2019s uninsured rate has decreased by more than two-thirds: in 2024 the uninsured rate was 2.2 percent, down from 11 percent in 2012.", 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.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/health-care-sticker-shock-aca-open-enrollment-begins-with-huge-spike-in-premiums"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8291578851640224, "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"}