Lower Health Care Costs Now
Join the week of action: October 14-17
Last Updated on October 9, 2025
Health care costs are skyrocketing and Congress must do something to stop it. Instead of addressing the high cost of health care this year, Republicans in Congress and President Trump passed a budget bill that slashed funding for our health care, created more barriers to coverage and enacted policies that will directly increase premiums and out-of-pocket costs for all of us.
Republican leadership failed us by refusing to make the enhanced tax credits that make health insurance more affordable for over 20 million individuals and families permanent. Congress must act before the end of the year to make the enhanced tax credits permanent and prevent skyrocketing costs for millions.
People want health care to be more affordable. Join Families USA, Community Catalyst, and other national and state partners in urging Congress to make enhanced tax credits permanent, reverse health care cuts and lower health care costs now.
Learn more about how to hold Congress accountable and defend health care.
TAKE ACTION
Lower Health Care Costs National Week of Action
October 14-17, 2025
CALL & MESSAGE CONGRESS
Tell Congress: It's Time to Extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits!
Contact your representatives by phone, message or on social media.
SHARE YOUR STORY
A key part of our work is showing the human impact of policies to affect change so that everyone, no matter who they are or where they are from, has care. Have you lost or are you at risk of losing your health coverage? We want to hear from you.
ACT NOW
Congress still hasn’t acted to make premium tax credits permanent, putting affordable health care for more than 20 million people at risk. Join Community Catalyst, Families USA and other national and state partners the week of October 14th to demand action.
- Tuesday, October 14: 24 Hours of Digital Power
- Email and tag your members of Congress. Share stories online. Join our BlueSky chat on premium tax credits.
- Wednesday, October 15: Connect Directly with Congress and Community
- Host or attend an event with your Members of Congress or with local supporters and experts, like Navigators. Host a direct call-in day to Members of Congress.
- Thursday, October 16: Media Madness
- We’ll provide tools throughout the week to engage reporters and keep premium tax credits — and stories about the impact of rising health care costs — in the news.
- Friday, October 17: Building Power with Thanks: We Can’t Stop Here
- Close out the week by sharing photos, emails, and stories from the actions and keep the momentum going.
FACT SHEETS AND DATA
Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Fact Sheets
Additional Resources
- August of Accountability: Republicans’ Actions in July Are Causing Insurance Rates to Skyrocket
- Why Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Should Be Made Permanent
- We Need to Extend Premium Tax Credits
- Share Your Story: Video
- Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act