AT HEARING ON HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY, SENATOR MURRAY SLAMS REPUBLICANS FOR MASSIVE HEALTH CARE CUTS AND REFUSAL TO STOP PREMIUMS FROM SKYROCKETING NEXT YEAR, URGES EXTENSION OF ACA TAX CREDITS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C. - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on health care affordability, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)-a former chair and senior member of the HELP Committee-slammed Republican hypocrisy on health care affordability and called on Republicans to support a clean extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits to curb at least some of the damage from the massive health care premium hikes Republicans have already set in motion by refusing to lift a finger to extend the ACA tax credits earlier this year.

Because of Republicans' refusal to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, 2...