LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Open enrollment began this week for millions of Americans, and for many — as tax credits from the Affordable Care Act near expiration — the cost of their premiums will increase by more than a thousand dollars.

ACA credits began in 2021 and were extended through 2025 by the Inflation Reduction Act.

Department of Health and Human Services reports show the number of Nebraskans on a Marketplace plan went from just over 74,000 in 2015 to more than 136,000 in 2025.

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure served as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator during the Biden Administration. Brooks-LaSure told media on a press call Tuesday the U.S. had reached the lowest uninsured rate in history just before these actions.

“It’s actually worse than what many of us predicted. Ear

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