Alabamians Need Affordable Health Care!
Health care affordability is at risk for hundreds of thousands of Alabamians.
Enhanced Premium Tax Credits (ePTCs) lower monthly premiums for more than 400,000 Alabamians who get their coverage through the ACA Marketplace. They mean parents can take their kids to the doctor without skipping rent, and families can afford prescriptions without falling into medical debt.
Earlier this year, Congress had the opportunity to make these savings permanent. Instead, they passed the largest health care cuts in U.S. history—putting families at risk of higher premiums, lost coverage, and deeper debt.
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🏥 What’s at stake for Alabama?
477,838 Alabamians are enrolled in Marketplace coverage (as of May 2025). About 98% of these enrollees receive ePTCs to help afford their monthly premiums.
The average Marketplace premium in Alabama will increase by 93%. That’s nearly double the cost for working families already struggling to make ends meet.
130,000 Alabamians could lose health insurance if the enhanced subsidies expire.
This loss of health coverage would cost Alabama $1.14 billion in economic activity and 10,000 jobs in 2026.
👨👩👧 Who would be hit the hardest?
Small business owners and self-employed Alabamians: More than 65,000 receive their health coverage through the Marketplace.
Older adults and families with lower incomes would bear the brunt of skyrocketing premiums. For example, a 60-year-old Alabama couple making $82,000 would see their annual premiums for a benchmark plan increase from $6,970 to more than $27,267.
Households earning as little as $15,650 per year for an individual or $32,000 per year for a family of four could be priced out of coverage altogether.
Take action: sign the petition to extend enhanced premium tax credits
Enhanced ePTCs must be extended to protect affordable health coverage for hundreds of thousands of Alabamians. Sign our petition to members of Alabama’s congressional delegation to demand they extend enhanced premium tax credits.