KFF Survey and NPR Profiles Show ACA Enrollees Cutting Food and Dropping Coverage After Enhanced Tax Credits Expire
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A KFF follow‑up survey of 1,117 2025 ACA marketplace enrollees finds about 8 in 10 say their health care costs are higher this year (roughly half "a lot" higher), about 55% plan to cut spending on food and other basics, roughly 7 in 10 remained in marketplace coverage while about 1 in 10 dropped coverage entirely and became uninsured, and large shares report worry about affording emergency and routine care. NPR profiles put human faces on those numbers — including a Connecticut couple whose premium jumped from ~$630 to $2,531 monthly and who drained retirement savings — underscoring that many enrollees are taking extra work, loans or cutting essentials after Congress failed in January 2026 to extend COVID‑era enhanced ACA subsidies.