Most of the supporters of President Donald Trump returned Advanced subsidies For plans for the law on affordable medical care, a central obstacle to termination of the closure of the government, according to A new survey from a non -partisan research group for KFF health policyIt was held by the field from September 23 to September 29, a few days before Congress failed to go through a measure of funding To keep the government open.
More than 22 million people Get subsidieswhich should expire at the end of the year if the congress does not expand them. Loss of subsidies may mean that average personal premium payments may double in 2026, from $ 888 per year to 1,904 US dollars, Previously, KFF analysis found.
According to the forecasts of the congress, next year about 4 million people will be left without covering, because they will no longer be able to afford it. Their expansion will cost the federal government About 350 billion dollars Over the next decade.
The new survey showed that 59% of the Republicans and 57% of supporters to “make an American again” prefer the expansion of subsidies.
A national representative sample of 1334 adults was asked if they support the expansion of subsidies, and not about whether they support, including budget negotiations. Turning on them is Transition to the ongoing budget battleWith the democrats, claiming, they should be extended to open crediting next month, when many enrollment will be shocked, finding that their bonuses are increasing.
In general, more than three quarters of the public is 78%, they say that they want Congress to expand them. This includes 92% of democrats and 82% independent.
“We get a very clear message that the majority of the public, regardless of their addictions, regardless of their insurance, support of the congress, expanding these tax benefits,” said Ashley Kirzinger, director of the examination methodology and deputy director of the public opinion program and research in KFF research. “It is really difficult to tear off the benefit after they were given to people.”
The advanced subsidies were put into effect in accordance with the American rescue plan of 2021, which made ACA plans accessible to many middle -class families. A The Law on Reducing inflation of 2022 Expanded them until 2025.
It is expected that the standard ACA subsidies for people with very low income will continue – although it is expected that their insurance premiums will also grow without an additional tax loan, and they can also be at risk of loss of their coating.
According to the survey, about 4 out of 10 people with the ACA plan say that they will be left without insurance if the amount they had to pay every month will almost double.
Similar shares – 37% – said that they will continue to pay for their current medical service, while 2 out of 10 say that they will receive insurance coverage from another source, as an employer.
“This will lead to the fact that a large number of people will lose medical insurance and will become unhusted,” Kirzinger said. “When people do not have medical insurance, they are not able to consult a doctor, not having the opportunity to receive primary medical care, this can lead to all kinds of harmful results in health.”
Dr. Adam Gaffni, a doctor of intensive care and associate professor at the Harvard Medical School, said that he was going without insurance, can also devastate people's finances.
“They charge large accounts, debts and even go bankrupt,” he said.
Some people who retain their insurance can also suffer from their finances. When the respondents were asked if they can afford the coating if their bonuses are almost doubled, 7 out of 10 who buy their own insurance, they say that they will not be able to afford premiums without a significant reduction in their home budgets.
Despite the risk of people's health and finance, many Americans still do not know that improved subsidies should be completed.
Among the people who buy their own coating, about 6 out of 10 they said that they heard only “a little” or “nothing” about the expiration of subsidies.
Art Caplan, the head of the medical ethics department at the Nyu Langone Medical Center in New York, said that many will learn for the first time when the open registration will begin on November 1.
They are exposed to the real risk of “shock of stickers,” Kaplan said. “And most of these people, who, as a rule, are workers in the working class, tend to be more than a magician. They will not like it. “
When people who support the expansion of subsidies asked who deserves the most fault, if they expire, 39% said that President Donald Trump and 37% told the Republicans in Congress. Only 22% said that democrats deserve guilt.
