WASHINGTON, DC – One week out from open enrollment, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is continuing her push to extend the ACA premium tax credits and keep health care affordable for thousands of Nevadans. A recent analysis by the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation showed that health care premiums for hardworking families would more than double if the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits are not extended this year. In Nevada, nearly 95,000 people directly benefit from these tax credits.
Anchor: “U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen held another virtual roundtable with Nevadans today. The main topics of discussion were the Affordable Care Act’s premium enhanced tax credits and the impact on Nevadans health care costs if they expire. This comes amid the second longest government shutdown in modern U.S. history. Senator Rosen slammed the Trump Administration for the recent purchase of two private jets for the department of homeland security, and also for seeking a settlement for president trump’s past legal battles.”
Senator Rosen: “Every Nevadan works hard for their money, and especially right now, they’re being squeezed by rising costs. They pay taxes with the expectation that the government is going to work for them and provide critical services, but instead, their taxpayer dollars are being wasted on celebratory dinners, private jets, and payments to Donald Trump while services for Americans are being cut back or cut out—not just cut back. Cut out. Eliminated.”
KOLO Reno: Rosen Calls Attention to Spiking Healthcare Premiums as Open Enrollment Nears
Anchor: “[Senator Rosen is] calling attention to open enrollment starting next week saying we’re running out of time — before the premiums spike.
KOH Reno: Rosen Says She Could Put Noem’s Private Jet Money Towards Healthcare in Nevada
Anchor: “Could the money used to purchase two jets for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem be put to better use? One Nevada Senator thinks so.”
Senator Rosen: That 172 million dollars, I could put it to good use in Nevada. I could help real people be sure that they can go to the doctor and get their medication. So they don’t have to choose between food and rent, while Kristi Noem chooses which jet she should take every day.”
Telemundo Reno: La senadora Jacky Rosen Llama la Atención Sobre la Expiración de Créditos Fiscales para la Atención Médica
Anchor: [La senadora Jacky Rosen] está llamando la atención sobre la inscripción abierta, a partir de la próxima semana diciendo que nos estamos quedando sin tiempo, antes de que las primas aumenten. Los demócratas del Senado están bloqueando un proyecto de ley liderado por el partido republicano.
NPR Las Vegas: Rosen Pushes Lombardo to Help Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits
Anchor: [Senator Jacky Rosen] responded by saying that her concerns about health care costs, the issues holding up a funding bill are real and that the Governor needs to push his fellow Republicans to negotiate. She noted that failure to extend the Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits would leave a projected 40,000 Nevadans without health coverage.
Las Vegas Review Journal: Lombardo calls on Rosen to help reopen the federal government
- Meanwhile, Rosen countered that Lombardo should petition Republicans, including President Donald Trump, to end the stalemate, being that they hold the White House and a majority in Congress.
- “I want this government shutdown to end, which is why I urge Governor Lombardo to push Donald Trump and his own party in Washington to work in a bipartisan way to reopen the government and prevent a massive spike in health care costs for Nevadans,” Rosen said in a statement.
KLAS Las Vegas: Rosen, Lombardo clash over health care, food funding amid shutdown
- [Senator Jacky Rosen] said expired health care tax credits are a sticking point.
- “I want this government shutdown to end, which is why I urge Governor Lombardo to push Donald Trump and his own party in Washington to work in a bipartisan way to reopen the government and prevent a massive spike in health care costs for Nevadans,” Rosen said in a statement Wednesday. “Republicans control Congress and the White House, and if they fail to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits, nearly 40,000 Nevadans are projected to lose their health coverage, and every Nevada family will see costs go up.”
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