LETTER: Congress misleading about upcoming ACA tax credit expiration

To the editor,

Just to give clarity to the issue of Iowans and their health care when it
comes to the Affordable Care Act note this: 

The quest to kill Obamacare continues as does the shut down to stop it!

Republicans are bragging about temporary tax cuts on tips and overtime and ignoring the fact the richest 1% of households in the U.S. will get a tax reduction that is 20 times bigger than the one experienced by the typical
American family. 

The ACA credits are scheduled to expire at the end of the year. Which means, in a few weeks when enrollment opens on the ACA marketplace, 135,000 Iowans and 24 million other Americans will get their first real look at the consequences of this new “working families tax increase.” 

If Republicans get their way, the average premium on the Obamacare market for 2026 will more than double, according to a health care policy group. A recent poll said 78% of Americans want to extend these enhanced tax credits. Which is probably why you see so many Republicans like Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks trying to mislead people by claiming the shutdown is about extending health care coverage to illegal immigrants.

Multiple fact-checkers have pointed out this is not true. No wonder she has
pointed out she will be doing town hall meetings "When hell freezes over!"

                                                     Steve Hanken

                                                           Monticello