U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, speaks at the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond earlier this year. McClellan is urging Congress to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, warning that their expiration could price thousands of Virginians out of coverage.(Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/ Virginia Mercury)
One of Virginia’s federal lawmakers and advocates on Wednesday renewed their warnings that allowing enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire at the end of the year would drive up premiums and push thousands of Virginians off their coverage, forcing families to choose between insurance and basic necessities.
On a press call hosted by Protect Our Care, U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, underscored those stakes by recalling the day her daughter was born nine weeks early — a medical emergency she said she only survived financially because she had insurance…