Health insurance premiums for some Americans could increase by a whopping 66 percent next year. Why are insurers jacking up their rates? And why are Republicans killing off Biden-era subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, despite their overwhelming, bipartisan popularity? Could such efforts backfire and make Medicare for All inevitable? And how can individuals and small businesses prepare for insurance hikes?Today on <a href="https://www.levernews.com/subscribe-to-lever-time/">Lever Time</a>, David Sirota sits down with two of America’s leading experts on the health care system, Larry Levitt and Miranda Yaver, who are sounding the alarm about insurance rate increases. We explore the reasons why the Trump administration is making it harder for Americans to pay for their health insurance — and how the coming perfect storm threatens to sink the Affordable Care Act.To read the KFF study referenced in this episode, <a href="https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-much-and-why-aca-marketplace-premiums-are-going-up-in-2026/">click here</a>.<a href="https://www.levernews.com/why-your-health-insurance-premiums-could-explode-next-year/">Click here</a> for a full transcript of the episode.Get ad-free episodes, bonus content and extended interviews by becoming a member at <a href="https://www.levernews.com/join/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=lever-newsletter">levernews.com/join</a>.To leave a tip for The Lever, <a href="https://levernews.com/donate?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=lever-newsletter">click here</a>. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism.

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