Selina Simmons-Duffin

Nearly all of them got enhanced subsidies to help with monthly premium costs.

Now those enhanced subsidies are expiring and costs are going up dramatically.

Ellen Allen's premium costs are quadrupling.

She's 64, lives in West Virginia, and has pre-existing conditions.

Senate Democrats' bill would put those enhanced subsidies back for three years.

The Republican bill would put money in health savings accounts but would not bring down the higher premium costs.

Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.

The so-called enhanced subsidies first passed in 2021 are popular, but they will go away at the end of December without congressional action.

The new survey by KFF, a nonpartisan health research organization, finds that more than eight in 10 marketplace enrollees say lawmakers should extend the enhanced tax credits.

If they do expire, most enrollees who say they want the credits extended think either President Trump or congressional Republicans deserve most of the blame.

KFF surveyed 1,300 enrollees starting November 1st.

Lawmakers are working on a tight deadline, with a vote in the Senate on this issue planned for next week.

Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.

The so-called enhanced subsidies first passed in 2021 are popular, but they will go away at the end of December without congressional action.

The new survey by KFF, a nonpartisan health research organization, finds that more than eight in 10 marketplace enrollees say lawmakers should extend the enhanced tax credits.

If they do expire, most enrollees who say they want the credits extended think either President Trump or congressional Republicans deserve most of the blame.

KFF surveyed 1,300 enrollees starting November 1st.

Lawmakers are working on a tight deadline, with a vote in the Senate on this issue planned for next week.

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.

Republicans and Democrats appear divided over whether to continue the enhanced premium tax credits beyond December.