Preserve the Healthcare Tax Credits in Wisconsin

Many Ascension patients in Wisconsin rely on the enhanced premium tax credits to purchase affordable health coverage on the Individual Insurance Marketplace. These healthcare tax credits lower barriers to care for millions of lower-income and middle-class families. Without them, many of these families would have difficulties affording health insurance.

If Congress does not extend the healthcare tax credits before the end of 2025, families across the country will face steep premium hikes, and millions will likely become uninsured. This will not only impact those individuals and families, but it will also negatively affect the remaining Individual Marketplace enrollees and could restrict access to care for everyone.

As a mission-driven organization, we encourage Ascension associates to contact their representatives in Congress today to urge them to extend the healthcare tax credits.

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Dear [Lawmaker],

As your constituent who is concerned about protecting affordable healthcare access, I urge you to help extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits that are set to expire at the end of this year. If Congress does not extend them, millions of hardworking Americans will lose the ability to afford their health insurance.

I’m proud to be part of Ascension, a mission-driven, nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our caregivers provide compassionate, comprehensive and quality care to everyone who enters through our doors. This includes many patients who rely on the healthcare tax credits to stay insured and access vital care more regularly.

In Wisconsin, more than 235,000 individuals who get their insurance from the Individual Marketplace receive the enhanced premium tax credits and would be negatively impacted by their expiration. If they are not extended, Wisconsin families will face steep premium increases. For example, a family of four making $64,000 annually will see their premiums rise by an average of 224%. Such cost increases will inevitably push many patients to forgo coverage altogether, leaving them uninsured and less likely to get the care they need. It is hardworking, lower and middle-class small business owners, seniors, families with young children, and people with chronic illnesses who will bear the brunt of these costs.

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The loss of these credits would add to the significant uncertainty we’re already facing in the healthcare industry. Now is the time to provide stability and relief for providers and patients alike. The loss of the healthcare tax credits will take coverage away from many patients Ascension serves and reduce access to care for everyone in our communities. I hope you will consider the critical role they play in the lives of millions of Americans and work to ensure they do not expire.

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