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The U.S. economy is on ice, and instead of offering solutions, Republicans are sending a clear message.
Kitty Richards at economic policy thinktank Groundwork Collaborative said: “And 4 million people are likely to forego coverage because they can't afford it anymore.”
Tonight, President Trump and Republicans in Congress have continued their refusal to negotiate with Democrats to protect health care and keep the government open.
Alex Jacquez, head of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, told Reuters the nomination was a "clear assault on independent analysis" with far-reaching implications for the reliability of U.S. economic data.
"Insurers are already preparing to send notices to households that they will see increases starting in January 2026," said Alex Jacquez, chief of policy at Groundwork Collaborative.
Ahead of a looming Republican government shutdown, millions of hardworking Americans are bracing for a drastic price hike in their monthly health insurance premiums.
Inflation is climbing, job opportunities are shrinking, and American families are finding it harder than ever to stay afloat.
"A huge percentage of Americans aren’t in the market at all," said Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive think tank. "Increasingly we have this two-tiered economy, where the very top earners, the very top households, are just doing gangbusters," she said. "And increasingly, the rest of the country looks more and more similar to each other."
Lindsay Owens, an economist and director of Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive Washington, D.C., think tank, told HuffPost. 'Long-term unemployment scarring effects show up in future job performance, in well-being measures later on.
Even high-income earners are worried, according to a late August-September survey of likely voters by the progressive think tank and pollster Data for Progress for Groundwork Collaborative and Protect Borrowers.