SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) — Covered California Executive Director Jessica Altman says it’s a challenging time to navigate health insurance plans, as people are left wondering whether congress will extend the enhanced premium tax credits.
“For those that are seeing these things in the news and seeing these headlines, it is so important that you look and see what this means for you, your family, your household,” said Altman.
“And so when families are looking at, you know, an increase, from, what might currently be $415 a month to then what might be $664 a month, a 60% increase in the one bill is, you know, that’s hard to to manage when you’re at the lower income levels,” said Maria Gardner from the County of Santa Barbara Department of Social Services…