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Health Connector: hundreds of thousands in Mass. could face steep premium hikes without extended tax credits
Summary
Massachusetts Health Connector and community navigators described urgent hardship for members during open enrollment, warning that 330,000 Connector members could face large premium increases when enhanced federal premium tax credits expire at year-end; the Connector urged Congress to extend the credits and offered navigation help.
The Massachusetts Health Connector warned that hundreds of thousands of state residents will face sharply higher insurance premiums unless Congress and the president extend enhanced premium tax credits set to expire at the end of the calendar year.
"Open enrollment began on November 1, so we're just over a week in," Audrey Gasteyer, executive director of the Health Connector, said. She told reporters the Connector had started sending notices about 2026 eligibility and premiums and that many members were "reeling" and seeking help from the Connector—s…
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