11Alive: Georgians Protest Rep. Mike Collins’ Opposition to Extending ACA Tax Credits, Refusal to Show Up to Work During Shutdown 17 Oct 7:32 AM (2 days ago)

11Alive: “Protesters gathered outside Congressman Mike Collins’ office yesterday. They’re calling on him to return to Washington and again vote to reopen the government.”

GA-10 constituents could see an average 345% increase in ACA premiums

On Wednesday, GA-10 constituents gathered outside of Rep. Mike Collins’ district office in Monroe, GA to protest his opposition to extending critical ACA tax credits for 1.4 million Georgians and his failure to show up for work in over three weeks to help reopen the government and protect Georgians’ health care.

The protest comes after a recent analysis by KFF revealed that an average 60-year-old couple in Collins’ district could see their health care premiums rise by an average of 345% if ACA tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of the year — the highest increase of any congressional district in the state.

See below for coverage on the protests against Mike Collins’ opposition to extending ACA tax credits for 1.4 million Georgians:

11Alive: Protestors Gather Outside Rep Collins Office

Jonathan Martin, WXIA-NBC: Meantime, the House is still on recess while the Senate is still deadlocked.
Jonathan Martin, 11Alive: Protesters gathered outside Congressman Mike Collins’ office yesterday. They’re calling on him to return to Washington and again vote to reopen the government.
GA-10 protestors: Do your job, save our health care.
Jonathan Martin, 11Alive: You can hear them chanting, “do your job.” They also were chanting “pay the troops” through the Monroe community members’ rally.
Jonathan Martin, 11Alive: This was right there. Yesterday, the Monroe communities for action, the group East Metro for Social Justice organized this event saying the government shutdown and the stalled budget are right now hurting a lot of working families.
Jonathan Martin, 11Alive: Many protesters say they rely on health care through the Affordable Care Act and say higher costs could hit rural communities the hardest.
Michael Caw, GA-10 constituent: He needs to get back and do his job. The job is not just to pass a bill that’s just going to go on for maybe four or five months. They are supposed to be passing the budget for the country and how we are going to run.
Jonathan Martin, 11Alive: Protesters say they will keep pressuring Collins and other lawmakers until Congress goes back and passes a spending bill to restart and reopen the government.

WHAT THEY’RE WATCHING: Georgians Protest Rep. Mike Collins’ Opposition to Extending ACA Tax Credits, Refusal to Show Up to Work During Shutdown 16 Oct 8:54 AM (3 days ago)

GA-10 constituents could see an average 345% increase in ACA premiums

Yesterday, Rep. Mike Collins’ constituents gathered outside his district office in Monroe, GA to protest his opposition to extending critical ACA tax credits for 1.4 million Georgians and his failure to show up for work in over three weeks to help reopen the government and protect Georgians’ health care.

See below for coverage on the protests against Mike Collins’ opposition to extending ACA tax credits for 1.4 million Georgians:

ANF: Constituents Protest Rep. Collins on ACA Subsidies

Joe Gorchow, WANF-CBS: Today, people gathered in Monroe, as you can see behind me, making their disappointment in their representative, Mike Collins, very clear.
Joe Gorchow, WANF-CBS: At the center of this protest, outside his office, was Collins’ opposition to extending ACA tax credits, the same issue that’s been central to the ongoing government shutdown.
Joe Gorchow, WANF-CBS: Republicans have expressed some interest in negotiating an extension but only after a deal to reopen the government.
Joe Gorchow, WANF-CBS: Protestors say Collins being a part of that doesn’t represent Georgians.
Michael Caw: “Us working people have to work, you know. Us working people don’t get big salaries and expenses paid, especially medical. But, we have to pay them and we need to have legislation written so that the people that are on the ACA are able to afford it.
Joe Gorchow, WANF-CBS: They argue not including the subsidies would also raise rates for people who aren’t in an ACA plan by increasing health care costs across the board.
Joe Gorchow, WANF-CBS: Atlanta News First has reached out to Representative Collins’ office for comment.

CBS Atlanta: Protest Outside Rep. Collins’ Office

Jobina Fortson-Evans, WUPA: Here in Georgia, the political standoff sparked a protest outside of Congressman Mike Collins’ office.
Jobina Fortson-Evans, WUPA: Demonstrators in Monroe called on Collins to return to Washington and support Democrats’ plan to extend health care tax credits.

New AJC Column Calls On Trump and GOP Senate Candidates to Do Their Jobs, Safeguard Georgians’ Health Care 15 Oct 11:37 AM (4 days ago)

AJC: “If my conversations with exhausted and exasperated Georgians are any indication, Republicans would get far more votes if they figured out a way to fix the health care system in the country than ‘owning the libs’ on social media ever will.”

A new column in the AJC highlights that as Georgians are about to face “triple-digit increases” to their premiums if Donald Trump and Republicans continue to oppose extension in shutdown negotiations, GOP U.S. Senate candidates Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins have not shown up for work in over three weeks to help reopen the government and fight to protect Georgians’ health care.

A recent analysis by KFF revealed that Georgians in Collins’ and Carter’s districts could see their health premiums rise by an average of 345% and 296%, respectively, if ACA premium tax credits expire at the end of the year.

Read for yourself:

AJC: Trump forged Middle East peace. How about working with Congress next?
By Patricia Murphy | October 15, 2025

KEY POINTS:

While the House was in recess Monday, U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, R-Jackson, went to Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s Atlanta office to record a campaign video of himself.
In it, he called the senator Democrats’ “errand boy” and gave Ossoff a “pink slip,” since Collins is one of several Republicans running against Ossoff for his Senate seat next year.
But Ossoff was back in Washington, casting votes in the Senate and posting videos of his own, not about Republican House members, but about the Georgians about to experience triple-digit increases to their health insurance premiums if Congress fails to act soon.
In one video, Rebecca Burns from Athens says, “I just went last week to check to see what my health care premiums are going to be and my health care is going up 210%.”
Another woman, Amy Bielawski from Tucker, says “The ACA premiums allow me to have insurance, really for the first time in my life.” If premiums go up dramatically, as they are expected to, she can’t imagine how she’d keep her insurance in the future.
If my conversations with exhausted and exasperated Georgians are any indication, Republicans would get far more votes if they figured out a way to fix the health care system in the country than “owning the libs” on social media ever will.
Leading the way out of the government shutdown and running the country well for the next year and a half would be a sign of competence, not weakness.
And here’s where Trump could come in. Instead of insulting and demonizing Democrats, whose votes Republicans need to reopen the government, he could instead try to find a place where each side could give in and areas where they could agree.

ICYMI: Tim Echols admits industries he is supposed to regulate “benefit from having me in office” 14 Oct 10:30 AM (5 days ago)

Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson have taken thousands in campaign cash from industries they are responsible for overseeing

In a new AJC report on how GOP incumbents on Georgia’s Public Service Commission (PSC) have accepted thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the very industries they’re charged with regulating, Commissioner Tim Echols admitted that many of his corporate donors with business before the PSC “do support me based on how their…industry might benefit from having me in office.”

The investigation found that both incumbent GOP commissioners seeking re-election this year, Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson, “accepted contributions from executives of companies that benefited from some of the board’s most controversial decisions” – including the owner of a railroad company that won PSC approval to acquire land from mostly Black property owners in one of Georgia’s poorest rural regions despite pushback from residents, and from a power plant whose high-cost electricity the PSC required Georgia Power to buy despite increased costs for consumers.

This comes after Tim Echols said he was counting on low turnout in this year’s PSC election, saying he is “praying for torrential rain that day…Hail would be even better.”

“No regulator should be cashing checks from companies that profit off their decisions. While Georgians watch their utility bills skyrocket, public service commissioners are cozying up to the very corporations they’re supposed to oversee – it’s pay-to-play, plain and simple,” said Charlie Bailey, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia. “Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson are hoping for low turnout in this election because they know their record is indefensible to voters. This is exactly why Georgians have lost faith in the Public Service Commission, and why they’ll be voting out Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson this year.”

Read highlights from the investigation below:

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia utility regulators rake in cash from business interests

Legal battles over how the state elects PSC members has delayed regular elections to the powerful-but-obscure board, but that hasn’t stopped members from raising money for their campaigns — often from businesses with a stake in their decisions.
The incumbents have accepted contributions from executives of companies that benefited from some of the board’s most controversial decisions, from allowing a railroad to acquire properties over the objection of the owners to requiring Georgia Power to buy expensive electricity produced at wood-burning plants.
Those contributions have helped the incumbent Republican commissioners build a commanding fundraising lead over their Democratic opponents in next month’s election.
Critics say industry contributions suggest elected officials are beholden to the businesses they regulate.
“It’s disappointing to see they have accepted those contributions,” said Rosario Palacios, executive director of the government watchdog group Common Cause Georgia. “We need more separation for sure.”
Echols has raised about $980,000 in campaign cash since his last election in 2016, an Atlanta-Journal Constitution examination of campaign records shows. Johnson has raised about $473,000 since Gov. Brian Kemp appointed him to the commission four years ago. Most of their contributions have come since the state canceled the 2022 election for both incumbents.
In a statement, Echols said he doesn’t make decisions based on those donations but said donors “do support me based on how their membership or industry might benefit from having me in office.”
The PSC’s decisions are often controversial. Commissioners have approved six Georgia Power rate increases since the canceled 2022 election and allowed the company to charge customers for billions of dollars of cost overruns at the Vogtle nuclear power plant.
The commission’s five members — all Republicans — serve in districts but are elected statewide by Georgia voters. Elections have been postponed in recent years.
Amid the on-again, off-again schedule, incumbents spent money on elections that never happened. But they had no problem raising more cash — often from companies that stand to benefit from PSC decisions.
Johnson’s top contributors include Kyle Ormsby ($15,400), chief executive of Southeast Connections, a pipeline construction firm; James Bond ($13,000), president of Public Service Telephone Company in Reynolds; and Celeste Weaver ($12,500), an executive at Ringgold Telephone Company.
Echols’ top contributors include Lawrenceville utility construction firm Gunter Construction Co. ($23,800) and Ben Tarbutton III ($14,900), owner of Sandersville Railroad Company.
Last year the PSC allowed the Sandersville Railroad to use the government’s eminent domain power to acquire parts of 18 Hancock County parcels over the objection of the property owners. The railroad planned to build a spur line to serve private industries, but the PSC ruled the line was in the public interest.
Another top Echols contributor was Green Power Solutions ($22,200), which operates a Dublin wood-burning “biomass” power plant.
Last year the PSC approved a Georgia Power plan to buy more electricity from biomass facilities. Supporters, including Echols, said the plan would create forestry and trucking jobs and tap another reliable energy source. Critics said electricity from biomass costs two to three times more than other sources — costs that would be passed along to ratepayers.
Green Power Solutions is part of the Beasley Group, a forest products company with numerous affiliates, some of which produce biomass electricity. Echols received $43,100 from various Beasley Group companies, records show.
In a statement, Echols said he’s “overseen many power plant and gas line construction projects” as a commissioner and acknowledged that many of his contributions come from those sectors.
Echols made a pledge in his 2010 campaign not to take money from employees, lawyers or lobbyists from companies regulated by the agency.
He said in his statement that he stood by that promise in 2010 and 2016 but was still criticized for the money he did accept.
For this race, he changed course.
[Hubbard] said the money raised by Echols and Johnson is “reflective of the entrenched moneyed interests” and called donations from for-profit companies deeply unethical.
“They are there to look after the public interest, and if they’re being corrupted with dollars from those they regulate, meant to sway their opinion, then we don’t have a very effective or moral Public Service Commission,” he said.

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NEW ANALYSIS: GA-01 Constituents to See an Average 296% Increase in Health Care Premiums Thanks to Rep. Buddy Carter 14 Oct 7:49 AM (5 days ago)

KFF: “Premium payments for subsidized enrollees will increase nationwide if enhanced ACA subsidies expire”

According to a new analysis by KFF, Georgians in the First Congressional District could see their health care premiums rise by an average of 296% if ACA premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of the year – which Rep. Buddy Carter supports.

In GA-01, KFF’s analysis found that:

A 40 year old making $32,000 a year could see their premium skyrocket 210% and cost an additional $122 per month.
A 60 year old couple making $85,000 a year could see their premium increase by 296% and cost an additional $1,784 per month.

In Congress, Carter has been staunchly opposed to protecting affordable health care for Georgians even as rural hospitals face potential closures and Georgians take drastic measures to keep their families insured:

In a recent AJC report, Carter doubled down on his support of the disastrous Medicaid cuts despite rural hospital closures in Georgia.

Carter led the subcommittee that oversaw the massive cuts to Medicaid and said that he “wanted to cut Medicaid more” and was “very proud” to cut Medicaid.
As the government was on the brink of shutting down, Carter told The Telegraph that “he won’t consider restoring Medicaid money to avert shutdown.”

“Rep. Buddy Carter’s refusal to extend these critical tax credits will devastate his own constituents who will see astronomical increases to their premiums,” said Democratic Party of Georgia Senior Communications Advisor Devon Cruz. “This new analysis is further proof that Carter would rather serve the MAGA agenda and corporate interests than help Georgians afford their health care.”

NEW ANALYSIS: GA-10 Constituents to See an Average 345% Increase in Health Care Premiums Thanks to Rep. Mike Collins 14 Oct 7:48 AM (5 days ago)

KFF: “Premium payments for subsidized enrollees will increase nationwide if enhanced ACA subsidies expire”

According to a new analysis by KFF, Georgians in the Tenth Congressional District could see their health care premiums rise by an average of 345% if ACA premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of the year – which Rep. Mike Collins supports.

In GA-10, KFF’s analysis found that:

A 40 year old making $32,000 a year could see their premium skyrocket 210% and cost an additional $122 per month.
A 60 year old couple making $85,000 a year could see their premium increase by 345% up $2,075 per month—the highest increase of any congressional district in the state.

In Congress, Collins has been staunchly opposed to protecting affordable health care for Georgians even as rural hospitals face potential closures and Georgians take drastic measures to keep their families insured:

A hospital in Collins’ district, St. Mary’s Sacred Heart in Lavonia, GA, recently announced the planned closure of a labor and delivery unit, citing cuts to Medicaid as what “solidified” their decision to shutter the critical unit.
In recent months, Collins said he wants people to “get off of Medicaid, get off of Social Security.”

“Rep. Mike Collins’ refusal to extend these critical tax credits will devastate his own constituents who will see astronomical increases to their premiums,” said Democratic Party of Georgia Senior Communications Advisor Devon Cruz. “This new analysis is further proof that Collins would rather serve the MAGA agenda and corporate interests than help Georgians afford their health care.”

WHAT THEY’RE SEEING: Local Media Is Flooded By Affected Georgians Speaking Out Against the Impact of Losing ACA Tax Credits 10 Oct 12:39 PM (9 days ago)

Republicans Continue to Oppose Extension In Shutdown Negotiations

This week, as GOP U.S. Senate candidates Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins remain opposed to protecting affordable health care — and have not returned to D.C. for negotiations for the third week in a row — local media in the state has been flooded by Georgians who are speaking out against the devastating impacts that losing critical Affordable Care Act tax credits and seeing their premiums skyrocket by up to 40% would have on them, their families, and 1.4 million other Georgians.

See for yourself:

CBS News: Families in Georgia brace for healthcare uncertainty as government shutdown reaches 10 Days
By Brian Unger | October 10, 2025

Approximately 1.5 million Georgians who rely on ACA coverage are closely watching, as the potential loss of subsidies could lead to a significant increase in monthly premiums.
One Smyrna family says that the uncertainty is already taking a toll. For Noel Keilhauer, a Special Olympics athlete living with a cognitive disability and colitis, stress can be debilitating.
Her mother, Sharon Keilhauer, said her daughter’s medical care depends on consistent coverage through Medicaid and Medicare.
Without those programs, the Keilhauers would have to turn to Georgia Access, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace. But that, too, comes with uncertainty.
Even with an annual income of $100,000, Sharon said her insurance premium alone could cost nearly $600 per month — roughly $7,000 a year — a price she says her family can’t afford.
The Keilhauers’ situation mirrors what many Georgians could face. Combined with changes under former President Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” about 460,000 people in the state are expected to drop their Georgia Access health insurance next year and go uninsured.

WATCH HERE

[Destin Howard, WPGA] Politicians have different visions for the Affordable Care Act and expanded premium assistance. It’s important to note that this assistance was already set to soon expire at the end of the year for millions […]
[Teresa Acosta] My youngest has Type 1 diabetes, which, you know, there is no cure for it now and he requires a lot of medical care — a lot of medication, insulin, plus all the pump supplies that he uses to manage the disease. None of that is free. Doesn’t matter what insurance plan you have, it costs money.
[Destin Howard, WPGA] That’s Teresa Acosta, who says not knowing the future of the Affordable Care Act is even more concerning. Acosta says her monthly premiums are just under $200 for medical and an additional $145 a month for dental and vision.
[Teresa Acosta] The notion that we can wait until December 31st to figure this out — that’s not plausible for most families that I know. I need to know now what to expect in January. I know maybe that’s not how D.C. works, but that’s how my family works.

WATCH HERE

[Quinlan Parker, WALB-TV] Georgia Democrats assembling a panel now of people who say they depend on that coverage. Teresa Acosta says, “Not knowing the future of the Affordable Care Act is most concerning.”
[Teresa Acosta] My youngest has Type 1 diabetes, which, you know, there is no cure for it now and he requires a lot of medical care — a lot of medication, insulin, plus all the pump supplies that he uses to manage the disease.
[Quinlan Parker, WALB-TV] Acosta says her monthly premiums are just under $200 for medical in addition to $145 a month for dental and vision.

[Ansleigh Edwards, WGXA] The Affordable Care Act or ACA subsidy is being debated among Republicans and Democrats in Washington D.C.
[Ansleigh Edwards, WGXA] It’s a tax credit that lowers monthly health care premium costs for millions around the country but is set to expire at the end of this year.
[Ansleigh Edwards, WGXA] 1.2 million Georgians will be impacted if the tax credits are not extended.
[Ansleigh Edwards, WGXA] Judy Kreps is a small business owner who lives in Lumpkin County. She explained that she would pay more than $900 a month with an $8,000 deductible.
[Ansleigh Edwards, WGXA] Kreps says it hurts her to see how she and others might be impacted if the tax credit is not extended.
[Judy Kreps] It’s just pointless. They’re trying to do it to score political points and it’s just dumb and callous and cruel because one thing that we’ve learned since the ACA has been the law of the land, is that everybody wants quality, affordable healthcare.
[Ansleigh Edwards, WGXA] The House and the Senate have not been able to come to an agreement on either a final budget or a continuing resolution to keep the government paid temporarily.

Bloomberg: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams GOP U.S. Senate Candidates For Being “Lackluster,” Predicts Ossoff “Win” 10 Oct 11:38 AM (9 days ago)

Bloomberg: “Greene (R-Ga.) […] said in an interview that the Republican contenders hoping to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) are ‘lackluster’ and do nothing to move the party forward.”

In an interview with Bloomberg Government, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t pull any punches when describing the “lackluster” group of GOP U.S. Senate candidates in Georgia — “MAGA warrior” Rep. Buddy Carter, MAGA extremist Rep. Mike Collins, and failed and fired former football coach Derek Dooley — and predicting that the “subpar” group of “good old boy Republicans” will keep the Senate seat out of grasp for the GOP next November.

Greene’s rejection of the current crop of GOP U.S. Senate candidates come as recent fundraising reports preview a long, messy primary that will leave the eventual nominee badly bruised and battered for a general election campaign.

Read for yourself:

Bloomberg: Greene Says ‘Lackluster’ Georgia GOP Field Handing Democrats Win
By Mica Soellner 10/10/25

KEY POINTS:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is escalating the attacks on her own party, this time predicting a subpar GOP primary field will gift one of 2026’s most important seats to Democrats.
Greene (R-Ga.), who opted out of a Senate run after being pressured to back down from the White House, said in an interview that the Republican contenders hoping to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) are “lackluster” and do nothing to move the party forward.
The leading hopefuls are Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins, and Derek Dooley, a former University of Tennessee football coach who is backed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R).
“It’s basically a bunch of the same good old boy Republicans, and they’re not bringing anything new and forward thinking,” Greene said.
“I work with two of them, and the other one is just a football coach, and I’m like, ‘hey everybody, remember the last several times you guys tried to win on that? I don’t think our elections are won ‘Between the Hedges’ in Athens, Ga.,” a reference to where failed Senate candidate Herschel Walker played football for the University of Georgia.

[Greene added] “every poll I’ve seen, literally every single one except the fake polls Mike Collins’ consultant puts out, has Ossoff winning.”
All three campaigns declined to comment about the race.
The primary fight is also playing out against the backdrop of a long-simmering Republican feud — President Donald Trump and Kemp.
Trump has yet to endorse in the race, despite quickly backing Lt. Gov. Burt Jones for the gubernatorial race next year.
The White House and the National Republican Senatorial Committee were monitoring candidates’ fundraising numbers, which came out close to a dead heat. Collins and Dooley both raised nearly $2 million in the third quarter, while Carter, who can also self-fund, raised about $1 million.
Kemp’s political operation has been aggressively pushing Dooley as the best option […]
However, some Georgia Republicans were skeptical about Dooley being able to fully secure Trump’s backing after Kemp went ahead of the president to push in his candidate.
“The way it was done makes it less likely that the president would endorse Dooley,” Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), a close friend of Kemp’s, said. Without a Trump meeting, Carter and Collins have also sought to use their legislative perch in the House to win the president’s approval […]
Meanwhile, Ossoff has benefitted from the lack of a clear Republican rival and is well-positioned to hold onto his seat — largely considered one of the best pickup opportunities for the GOP.
Ossoff raised $12 million in the third quarter and has been able to tailor his message broadly around Trump to help fuel the Democratic base.

AJC: Georgia Democrats “Flood the Zone” on Health Care as Republicans Keep the Federal Government Shut Down, Refuse ACA Tax Credit Extension 10 Oct 11:37 AM (9 days ago)

AJC: “Our inboxes are clogged with notices about news conferences, Zoom calls and roundtables from Democrats wanting to talk about health care.”

As Republicans keep the government shut down and refuse to negotiate on extending critical ACA tax credits for 1.4 million Georgians, the AJC highlighted how Georgia Democrats are working to “flood the zone” to uplift hardworking Georgians who could be impacted the most if Congress does not act.

In a press call on Wednesday, Sheri Cook, Valerie Holt, and Teresa Acosta shared the details of how they, their families, and other Georgians on ACA Marketplace plans would be affected by losing tax credits and called out GOP U.S. Senate candidates Rep. Buddy Carter, Rep. Mike Collins, and Derek Dooley for their agenda of ripping away health care from Georgians.

As of today, Georgia House Republicans haven’t bothered coming to work in three weeks to re-open to government.

AJC: Flood the Zone
By Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy, and Adam Beam | October 10, 2025

President Donald Trump used a “flood the zone” strategy in the first few weeks of his second term to keep his opponents off balance. Now, Democrats appear to be adopting a similar strategy during the government shutdown.
Our inboxes are clogged with notices about news conferences, Zoom calls and roundtables from Democrats wanting to talk about health care. Just this week:
The Democratic Party of Georgia held a press call to highlight two Georgia women who are only able to afford health insurance because of the subsidies that are set to expire.
But one perspective stood out to us. Teresa Acosta, a single mom of three who participated in the Democratic Party’s press call, said any significant increase to her premiums would make caring for her diabetic son nearly impossible.
“I would have to choose,” she said. “Are we homeless or do we have health insurance? Do I feed my kids or do we have health insurance? Do I get my son’s insulin or not?”

Affected Georgians Speak Out Against the Impact of Losing ACA Tax Credits as Republicans Oppose Extension In Shutdown Negotiations 8 Oct 9:19 AM (11 days ago)

Today, three Georgians gathered to discuss the devastating impacts of potentially losing critical Affordable Care Act tax credits as a result of Donald Trump and GOP U.S. Senate candidates Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter’s decision to shut down the government instead of protecting affordable health care.

In Georgia, 1.4 million people are at risk of seeing their health insurance premiums skyrocket up to 40% yet Donald Trump, Mike Collins, and Buddy Carter have refused to engage in negotiations to save affordable healthcare. For the second week in a row, Collins and Carter aren’t even in DC to legislate on re-opening the government, and Derek Dooley supports the GOP’s opposition to extending ACA tax credits.

WATCH THE FULL CONVERSATION HERE

KEY QUOTES:

“I’ve been on an ACA plan for about 10 years, and it has been extremely beneficial to me,” said Sheri Cook. “This is the only affordable way I’ve been able to stay on health care.”

“If you oppose ending the ACA tax credits, Mr. Buddy Carter, Mr. Mike Collins, and Mr. Derek Dooley, they don’t work for you, they don’t work for us, and they don’t work for Georgia,” said Valerie Holt. “They should have to be made to stand up in front of us and explain why they think it’s a good idea to jack up your insurance premiums.”

“The ACA plan that I was able to get for myself and my kids saved us, there is no other way to say it, it saved us,” said Teresa Acosta. “Without that plan, I honestly don’t know where we would be today, it would be a huge struggle.”

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