LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — More than 140,000 Arkansans who rely on the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits to afford health insurance could be impacted come next year,
Those credits, which lower monthly insurance bills, are set to expire after the Senate failed to pass two healthcare bills last week.
“The congressional budget office estimates that about four million Americans could lose coverage if these premium tax credits aren’t extended, and so thousands of Arkansans are at risk of losing coverage, and that has a ripple effect on an entire community,” said Camille Richoux, health policy director for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families…