Millions of Americans lost their health insurance

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AI GeneratedHealth care premiums are rising sharply due to federal cuts and the expiration of tax credits, leading to millions losing coverage. The speaker emphasizes that affordability is a national crisis affecting both rural and urban areas. To combat this, the governor of Minnesota proposes implementing state-level tax credits and leveraging state power to lower prescription drug costs.
They've gone up 10% to 21% going into 2027 after
a double-digit increase the year before.
A lot of this is because of federal cuts
and federal extensions that have not continued.
What can you do? What will you be able to do?
So when you look at what happened across the country, whether it's
people speaking out in South Carolina to Texas to Iowa to Kansas,
this wasn't just about Minnesota, but it was about affordability.
And Trump's tariffs, as well as these health care cuts,
have hurt people in their everyday lives.
They can feel it. They get those premiums in the mail.
One of the things that happened
was that 8 million people have been tossed off their
health care, in large part because of the Medicaid cuts,
but also because of the failure
of the Republicans in Congress to extend
the tax credit that helps people pay for their
premiums.
It was a real shocker they wouldn't do it
because it especially hurts rural areas, a
lot of red states.
I can do that in Minnesota as governor,
and I've made it very clear that if we can do
a state tax credit for our state, 10 states have already done it.
New Mexico did it.
They're the only ones that's actually increased
the number of people that get health care
insurance.
So if they don't do this in Washington,
we can do it in Minnesota in the next session
right next year.
However, with the changes...
And taking over the Senate, taking over the House,
it's possible that they'll do it in Washington.
So I've been very clear.
If they don't do it there, we're going to do it in Minnesota.
We're also going to work on helping small businesses
to cover their employees, a huge problem.
Prescription drugs, using the bulk purchasing power
of the state government to get a better rate for drugs.
And then also using the power of the Commerce Department
when it comes to premiums.
