Healthcare Innovation March 3, 2025
States would lose $26.1 billion in federal health insurance subsidies in 2026 alone, triggering widespread economic disruptions, according to Commonwealth Fund report
A report from the Commonwealth Fund and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health finds that if Congress allows enhanced premium tax credits to expire at the end of 2025, communities nationwide will experience significant economic impacts.
The report projects that state economies would shrink by billions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of jobs — many in the healthcare sector — would be lost, and more than $2 billion in state and local tax revenue would disappear, as people become uninsured and health insurers and providers lose revenue.
In total, states would lose $26.1...
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