Rep. Perry’s constituents could see health insurance costs increase by 170 percent

PENNSYLVANIA – With a government shutdown looming, Rep. Scott Perry signed on to an op-ed stating it would be a “colossal mistake” to make health care tax credits permanent. While these health care tax credits have been in place, there has been an 86 percent increase in Pennie marketplace enrollment in Rep. Perry’s district, allowing more of his constituents to access affordable health care plans.

“It is unthinkable that Rep. Scott Perry believes it would be a “colossal mistake” to make sure that South Central Pennsylvanians have affordable health care. If these health care tax credits expire, Rep. Perry’s constituents are expected to see their insurance prices increase by 170 percent, nearly tripling their monthly premium costs,” said Rachele Fortier, Campaign Director of Affordable Pennsylvania. “It’s his responsibility to protect the well-being of his constituents. Pennsylvanians’ health care is not negotiable. We’re calling on Rep. Perry to fight for working families and make the health care tax credits permanent.”

This also comes after Rep. Perry voted in support of the Republican Tax Law earlier this year, which pays for tax breaks for the wealthy by taking health care away from millions of people.

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• As the federal government barrels towards a shutdown, hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians who purchase their health care through Pennie face skyrocketing monthly premiums if Republicans allow the Enhanced Premium Tax Credit to expire at the end of the year.

• This didn’t stop US House Rep. Scott Perry (R-York) from publishing an op-ed calling for the tax credits, which help those who purchase their health care through various state marketplaces like Pennie, to expire at the end of the year.

• Perry stated that extending those tax credits would be a “colossal mistake” even though premiums for Pennie customers in his congressional district will increase by 170%.

• In Perry’s district, Pennie states that a married couple at 60 years old making roughly $82,000 will see their premiums increase from $581 per month with the enhanced tax credits to $2,934 per month, or 405% following the expiration of those tax credits.

• A family of four making close to $78,000 per year may see their premiums increase from $260 per month to $541 per month.

• Pennie officials fear that up to 270,000 Pennsylvanians will lose their health care coverage due to tax credits expiration and the changes made to the ACA under President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”