{"id":29146,"date":"2026-01-22T10:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=29146"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:56:32","slug":"watch-sen-ossoff-launching-investigation-into-rising-health-costs-cuts-to-health-care","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/watch-sen-ossoff-launching-investigation-into-rising-health-costs-cuts-to-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Sen. Ossoff Launching Investigation into Rising Health Costs & Cuts to Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ossoff releases <\/em>Public Service Announcement<\/em><\/a> asking Georgia families, patients, and health care providers to share their stories<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgians can share their stories at <\/em>ossoff.senate.gov\/healthstory<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching an investigation into the impacts of rising health care costs and cuts to health care services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last several months, Republicans in Congress have gutted Medicaid<\/a> and failed to extend key Affordable Care Act tax credits that millions of Georgians rely upon to afford health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff is urging Georgians impacted by rising health care costs and cuts to health care services to share their stories at Ossoff.Senate.Gov\/HealthStory<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to hear from Georgia families, patients, health care providers and health care leaders who have been impacted by rising health care costs and cuts to health care services,\u201d\u00a0Sen. Ossoff said<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cSo, if higher health insurance premiums, expired ACA tax credits, or cuts to Medicaid are threatening your ability to afford or provide health care or to keep your hospital or practice open, I want to hear from you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>The Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/em><\/a>\u00a0recently found that Georgia\u2019s ACA insurance enrollment between November 1 and December 15 declined by more than 190,000 policyholders as ACA tax credits were predicted, and then allowed, to expire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September, St. Mary\u2019s Sacred Heart Hospital\u2019s Labor & Delivery unit and Clear Creek OB\/GYN closed<\/a> due in part to Medicaid cuts in Trump\u2019s budget law, after officials said<\/a> Medicaid cuts in President Trump\u2019s budget law \u201csolidified\u201d their decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Evans Memorial Hospital in southeast Georgia warned they may have to cut their Intensive Care Unit (ICU)<\/a>, according to the hospital CEO, which he said is a direct result of the Medicaid cuts in the Trump budget law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues to fight for Georgians\u2019 health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Sen. Ossoff spoke on the U.S. Senate Floor<\/a> urging Republicans in the U.S. Senate to put politics aside and extend ACA tax credits before they expire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2025, Sen. Ossoff offered an amendment<\/a> to the Trump budget bill to extend key Affordable Care Act tax credits, but Republicans blocked Sen. Ossoff\u2019s amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2025, Sen. Ossoff introduced<\/a> an amendment to protect children\u2019s and maternal health care through Medicaid that Senate Republicans blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sen. Ossoff releases Public Service Announcement asking Georgia families, patients, and health care providers to share their stories Georgians can share their stories at ossoff.senate.gov\/healthstory Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching an investigation into the impacts of rising health care costs and cuts to health care services. Over the last several months, Republicans in Congress have gutted […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29146","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29148,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29146\/revisions\/29148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}