(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Governor Jared Polis was in Colorado Springs on Friday, Sept. 26 to discuss the consequences families and businesses could face if Congress fails to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credit (EPTC).
Polis gathered small business owners, insurance experts, and health care leaders for a roundtable to discuss the effects on Americans’ healthcare premiums if Congress does not renew the EPTC by Sept. 30.
The Governor was joined by representatives from the Colorado Division of Insurance, Office of Economic Development and International Trade, Small Business Majority, Connect for Health Colorado, 413 Consulting, and other small businesses and health care providers who depend on the tax credit. Each shared how the expiration of the EPTC would increase costs, reduce coverage, and destabilize health care for working families and employers in El Paso County…