Republicans face a health care crisis of their own making

Monday, December 15, 2025

Americans panic as Republicans prepare to do nothing on health care

A quarter of Americans see the country's health care system as being in "crisis" as Republicans in Congress look set to let expanded health care tax credits expire and raise insurance costs for millions, a new poll has found.

A West Health-Gallup Health and Healthcare survey released on Monday showed 23 percent of Americans say the U.S. health care system is "in a state of crisis," while 47 percent say that it has "major problems."

While the trend of Americans saying that health care has major problems has remained steady over the years, the 23 percent of people saying the system is in a state of crisis is the highest number for Gallup to date.

Millions of Americans are about to see annual premium costs as much as double, or even triple. In two weeks, the expanded tax credits for the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplace will expire.

Republicans so far have not shown any interest in expanding the credits and a healthcare bill that the House GOP released Friday evening does not deal with the expiring subsidies.

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