More Than 300,000 In Massachusetts Could Pay More For Health Insurance If Federal Tax Credits Expire

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Updated on: November 12, 2025 / 7:29 AM EST

More than 300,000 Massachusetts residents could lose some or all of the help they get paying health insurance if federal tax credits expire.

That's because when the government shutdown ends, the deal will not include anything about health care costs, except for the promise of a vote soon in the Senate.

Those costs were at the heart of the Democrats' resistance to agreeing to a new bill to fund the federal government. Across the country, people are seeing their premiums surge because federal health care subsidies will expire at the end of the year.

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