As Shutdown Drags On, Support Still High For ACA Tax Credits, Poll Shows

Forbes November 6, 2025
Bruce Japsen

Three in four Americans — and 50% of Republicans — want Congress to extend tax credits for those with low and moderate incomes so they can afford individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act, a new KFF poll shows.

The tax credits, or subsidies, make health insurance premiums more affordable for individuals. They were enhanced by the Biden administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress in 2021, allowing more Americans to buy coverage. The enhanced subsidies, which expire at the end of this year, helped enrollment in the ACA’s individual coverage, also known as Obamacare, eclipse a record 24 million Americans, boosting its popularity to all-time highs.

But legislation sitting before Congress that would extend the tax credits has yet to pass...

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