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End of enhanced premium tax credits means higher ACA marketplace premiums

Get Covered South Dakota

If you get your health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, now is the time to go online and update your information or select a new plan.

This year, understanding your options comes with the additional challenge. Enhanced Premium Tax Credits (ePTCs) are ending in the new year. That means premiums could go way up.

Shelly Ten Napel is CEO of Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas. That's a group of primary care, dental, and behavioral health providers across the state.

Brittany Zephier helps answer people's questions about health insurance through Get Covered South Dakota.

They explained the situation to SDPB's Lori Walsh.

Lori Walsh is a special correspondent with SDPB and host of the "In the Moment" podcast.