How much health care costs could jump in Mass. ahead of subsidy deadline

Concerns are growing throughout Massachusetts about rising health care costs.

Weeks before Affordable Care Act subsidies expire, the Senate rejected two health care bills , guaranteeing millions will see price hikes in January.

"The average increase across Massachusetts, across the hundreds of thousands of people who depend on these enhanced premium tax credits, is about $1,300 a year," said Audrey Morse Gasteier, the executive director of the Massachusetts Health Connector.

She testified in Washington, D.C., about the impact, saying 10,000 people in the Commonwealth so far chose to drop coverage because of the cost.

"There's 22 million people across the United States that depend on these tax credits to afford their coverage, so it's disappointing that politicians in Washington are n