Older Texans among those facing the largest price hikes for Affordable Care Act insurance

Of all the topics 55-year-old Groves resident Theresa Hebert has discussed on her TikTok account @foolish_mortal999 over the past five years, nothing has brought in new viewers like her recent anxiety over expected Affordable Care Act health insurance price hikes. Not even her battle with breast cancer.

“With the current government shutdown and the threat of not extending the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, I’m a bit worried,” she told viewers last month.

Her plan costs $581 a month and it’s helped cover four surgeries, 16 rounds of chemotherapy and 30 days of radiation this past year. Her plan is made somewhat affordable after receiving $250 a month in subsidies enacted under the Biden administration.

But those subsidies that have helped bring down the cost of monthly premiu