Rep. Sewell Releases Statement on Start of ACA Open Enrollment

Representatives float bipartisan compromise on ACA subsidies

Two House Republicans and two House Democrats proposed a compromise on Monday to end the impasse over enhanced Obamacare subsidies expiring at the end of the year, which, if accepted, could hasten the end of the government shutdown.  The expiring enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which Democrats passed as COVID-19 relief in 2021 and 2022, have been a central issue preventing the parties from coming together to pass legislation to fund the federal go…

Rep. Sewell releases statement on start of ACA Open Enrollment

U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, released the following statement ahead of the start of Affordable Care Act open enrollment, when more than 450,000 Alabamians looked to enroll in health care coverage.  Open enrollment began November 1. “For so many Alabama families, the consequences of the Republican health care crisis just became real,” Sewell said. “While billionaires celebrate huge new tax breaks from Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, hundre…

Affordable Care Act open enrollment begins amid subsidy showdown

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Open enrollment for 2026 health insurance under the Affordable Care Act has begun, overshadowed by a fierce congressional deadlock over extending the law’s enhanced premium subsidies. Without these subsidies, which are set to expire in December, millions of Americans face the prospect of steep increases in their health insurance premiums for the coming year. According to an analysis by the health policy research group KFF, the…