Attorney General Platkin co-leads multistate effort to protect Affordable Care Act from attack

Attorney General Platkin co-leads multistate effort to protect Affordable Care Act from attack 
State of New Jersey - Department of Law & Public Safety, Trenton, NJ; Press Release by the Office of the Attorney General, Matthew J. Platkin; 4/14/25  
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Attorneys General of California and Massachusetts, co-led a multistate letter regarding a raft of proposed changes that would undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA), making it more difficult and expensive for individuals to enroll in health coverage on federal and state exchanges. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would make a number of regulatory changes impacting access to insurance via the ACA. If allowed to take effect, the proposed changes would reduce access to ACA exchanges and risk causing between 750,000 and two million Americans to lose health insurance coverage in 2026. That would impose harms on States and their residents, both insured and uninsured, as when more individuals are forced to go without insurance, costs are driven up for everyone.