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Iowa Farmers Say Failure to Extend Health Credits Puts Them in Bad Spot
Bread of Healing expects rising patient numbers as ACA premium tax credits end, increasing uninsured rates and premiums, with over 7,500 visits in 2024, executive director said.
- This past week, Bread of Healing Clinic in Milwaukee prepared for an influx of patients as enhanced ACA premium tax credits end, serving nearly 2,500 patients annually at Cross Lutheran Church, Eastbrook Church, and Florist Avenue Lutheran Church.
- With the enrollment deadline on Dec. 15, 2025, lawmakers and advocates note enhanced ACA premium tax credits, which expanded assistance for households above 400% of the federal poverty level, are expiring.
- Erica Wright notes 90% of clinic patients earn $14,000 to $25,000, and some farmers say premiums could rise from about $600 to $2,300 monthly if credits expire.
- Immediate implications include surging demand that could overwhelm local free providers as Erica Wright, executive director, Bread of Healing, says the clinic is preparing for the worst amid hundreds of thousands uninsured in Wisconsin.
- The credits' expiration affects millions nationally, including 27% of farmers who buy individual plans, and enhanced credits more than doubled enrollment benefiting more than 24 million Americans.
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