Trumpcare is coming back for seconds. For the second year in a row, health insurance costs are about to spike, and more working families will get priced out of the care they need.
Insurers are already lining up double-digit premium hikes for 2027 ACA Marketplace plans, and working families are footing the bill for Trump and Republicans refusing to extend healthcare subsidies while gutting healthcare programs to bankroll tax breaks for the wealthy.
The median proposed hike is a 14% increase for next year, with premiums on track to climb more than a third since 2025. It’s the result of Trump and MAGA Republicans refusing to extend the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits that expired at the end of 2025. That choice alone has already driven deductibles up roughly $1,000 per person and pushed healthier families out of the Marketplace entirely.
What’s left behind is a sicker, smaller pool of enrollees stuck absorbing the rising costs; meanwhile, the same administration celebrates passing massive tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Families are skipping health care insurance entirely as a result, and those who remain in the pool are stuck paying more for prescription drugs, hospital visits, and coverage they can barely afford, all so the richest Americans can hoard more wealth.
“Somewhere tonight, a family is deciding between filling a prescription and paying rent, and Trump did that to them on purpose. He and MAGA Republicans chose to reward the wealthy over everyone else,” said American Bridge 21st Century spokesperson Brandon Weathersby. “Trumpcare is nothing more than sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pricing people out of the care they need. We’re going to make sure that every family staring down a bigger premium bill and forced to make tough decisions about their healthcare knows exactly who to thank this November.”
Published: Jul 10, 2026