{"id":54022,"date":"2025-10-29T01:26:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T05:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=54022"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:42:59","slug":"democrats-calling-for-affordable-care-act-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/democrats-calling-for-affordable-care-act-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Calling For Affordable Care Act Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1492\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/10\/19\/over-16000-children-obtain-health-insurance\/affordable-care-act\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/affordable-care-act.jpg?fit=208%2C117&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"208,117\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"affordable care act\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/affordable-care-act.jpg?fit=208%2C117&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/affordable-care-act.jpg?resize=125%2C98\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"98\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1492\" \/><br \/>\nKentucky Democrats are calling on Congress to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits for Americans before they expire Saturday.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Governor Andy Beshear and Congressman Morgan McGarvey held a press conference Tuesday where they said the credits will run out this weekend. If they do, this could mean higher premiums for many Kentuckians.<\/p>\n<p>Beshear said nearly 100,000 Kentuckians could see their health insurance costs spike if Congress doesn\u2019t extend Affordable Care Act tax credits.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said premiums could increase up to 37% for 2026 coverage if Affordable Care Act tax credits are not extended before open enrollment begins November 1.<\/p>\n<p>McGarvey said almost all Kentuckians\u2019 premiums will jump and become hard to afford without the tax credits.<\/p>\n<p>Beshear said if there is no tax credit extension, every single Kentuckian will be impacted, including those with employer-based insurance, as the overall cost of health care will rise dramatically.<br \/>\nSource: WBKO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky Democrats are calling on Congress to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits for Americans before they expire Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archive","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/affordable-care-act.jpg?fit=208%2C117&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-e3k","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 20:05:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54023,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54022\/revisions\/54023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}