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\u00a0Financial influencer Taylor Price joins \u2018Varney & Co.\u2019 to break down how shifting your mindset can help Americans grow wealth and achieve the American Dream.<\/p>\n
Americans are concerned with the rising cost of healthcare along with surging health insurance premiums.<\/p>\n
A Gallup poll released last week found that healthcare is the top domestic issue facing Americans among 16 policy areas included in the survey, with 61% saying they worry a great deal about healthcare access and affordability.<\/p>\n
Healthcare topping the list of domestic concerns represents a resurgence in the issue’s prominence, as the last time it was the foremost issue in voters’ minds was 2020 \u2013 a position it held dating back to 2015. It was roughly tied with the economy in 2025, but now leads by 10 points.<\/p>\n
Those findings are similar to those of a recent Fox News poll, which found that 81% of voters are either “extremely” or “very” concerned about healthcare, a figure which trailed only inflation and high prices, while 86% of voters were concerned about inflation and high prices.<\/p>\n
OBAMACARE ENROLLMENT FELL BY MORE THAN 1M ENROLLEES FOR 2026<\/p>\n
FOX Business\u2019 Gerri Willis reports on a Gallup poll showing 61% of Americans are greatly concerned about rising healthcare costs, surpassing worries about the economy and inflation.<\/p>\n
The poll found that healthcare was a concern for a majority of voters across political groups, with 89% of Democrats, 80% of Independents and 72% of Republicans saying they were either “extremely” or “very concerned” about healthcare.<\/p>\n
Healthcare concerns were also widespread across age groups: 77% of respondents under age 45 and 83% of those over age 45 were extremely or very concerned about healthcare \u2013 views that were shared by 86% of those aged 65 and up.<\/p>\n
OBAMACARE PRICES ARE SET TO SPIKE \u2013 HERE’S WHY<\/p>\n
Congress allowed the enhanced premium tax credit to expire at the end of 2025. (Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
American consumers have faced rising health insurance premiums in recent years, with prices jumping this year due to the end of an extra subsidy for consumers.<\/p>\n
Health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is subsidized through a premium tax credit available to lower- and some middle-income households. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress added another subsidy on top of the baseline subsidy.<\/p>\n
However, the Trump administration and Congress allowed the pandemic-era enhanced subsidy to expire at the end of last year, which has pushed premiums higher.<\/p>\n
TREASURY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES EXPANDED HSA TAX BENEFITS UNDER TRUMP LAW<\/p>\n
Health insurance subsidies are smaller in the 2026 plan year after enhanced premium tax credits were allowed to expire, leaving just the baseline tax credit. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
An analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a nonprofit group focused on national healthcare policy, estimated last year that the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits would cause annual out-of-pocket premium payments to rise by over $1,000 this year \u2013 jumping 114% from $888 in 2025 to $1,904 in 2026.<\/p>\n
Health insurance companies have also been raising premiums for non-Obamacare plans for years, which experts have attributed to higher healthcare costs.<\/p>\n
Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) shows that consumers have shifted into lower-cost health insurance plans in the 2026 open enrollment period compared with the prior year.<\/p>\n
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The CMS data shows that in 2025, 56% of enrollees were in silver tier plans while 30% were in bronze plans. By contrast, the data for 2026 shows 40% of enrollees in bronze plans and 43% in silver. The share of enrollees in gold tier plans also rose from 13% in 2025 to 17% this year.<\/p>\n
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