A Georgia woman dropped her health insurance after facing a monthly premium of $2,900, more than four times the $700 she paid in 2025. Her story is part of an alarming trend in the state.
Here’s what to know
WSB-TV Channel 2 reported that DeKalb County resident Rosalyn Barnes had skipped medical appointments since dropping coverage, putting her health at risk. She’s one of many making the same calculation.
Georgia Access, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, covered 1.3 million people in 2025. Enrollment is projected to drop to 816,000 in 2027, according to the outlet. It added the marketplace would lose 37% of its enrollees, or 474,000 people, over those two years.
The program’s premiums rose in 2026 after enhanced federal subsidies that reduced consumers’ costs expired. State insurance and fire safety commissioner data cited by Channel 2 put the average increase for 2027 at $157 a month, similar to the 2026 rise…