The Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, would not be the same for Wisconsinites at the turn of the new year: Premiums would shoot up across the board without an extension on tax credits, Gov. Tony Evers said Oct. 27 in Green Bay.
During stops in Milwaukee and Green Bay, the governor warned of Obamacare price increases without an extension of subsidies beyond December.
The effects would be especially pronounced for older Brown County residents and families making above 400% of the federal poverty level who were made eligible for tax credit extensions, according to calculations by the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance provided by the governor’s office…