Governor Dan McKee and a group of fellow governors are calling on Congress to act as families face rising health insurance costs.
The governors have sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to extend the enhanced premium tax credits that were put in place in 2021 as part of the Affordable Care Act.
The credits are set to expire at the end of the year, and Governor McKee says that would leave about 40-thousand Rhode Islanders in the state's health coverage Marketplace, facing increased costs.
The governor says Rhode Islanders cannot continue to absorb rising health insurance costs and immediate federal action is needed to extend the tax credits.
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