Good afternoon everyone,
It’s Thursday, Sept. 17, and welcome back to another edition of the Keystone Labor Report. You can find last week’s edition here.
Today, we’re going to take a quick look at how tariffs are impacting Pennsylvanians, a Big Tech billionaire’s influence over the Pennsylvania Republican Party, and a revamped campaign website from one of the state’s most vulnerable members of Congress.
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(Sean Kitchen / The Keystone)
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Pennsylvania residents who purchase their healthcare through Pennie, the commonwealth’s official healthcare marketplace, are set to see their premiums increase by an average of 16% in 2027.
Republicans in the US Senate refused to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired at the end of last year, and over 200,000 Pennie customers have dropped their coverage since the start of 2026.
According to Pennie, the average customer saw their premiums increase by 102% after the tax credits expired.
“ I’ve unfortunately seen what happens when people lose health insurance coverage. Their only source of care is the emergency department, and they come in often too late for us to be able to intervene. I’ve actually seen patients who’ve either been very sick, ended up in the ICU, or even died from a lack of health insurance and delaying care,” state Rep. Arvind Venkat (D-Allegheny), said in a previous interview.
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A new Franklin & Marshall College poll shows Bob Brooks and Janelle Stelson holding slight leads over their Republican opponents in Pennsylvania’s 7th and 10th Congressional Districts. You can read the poll here.
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Speaking of polls, a majority of Pennsylvania voters view US Sen. John Fetterman (D) more as a Republican than a Democrat after appearing at the Republican midterm convention, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
- Local media outlets are criticizing US Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Luzerne) and questioning his ethics after one of his campaign ads altered audio from a local news broadcast to give him credit for reversing the rain tax, according to the Scranton Times-Tribune.
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US Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Allegheny) has been building a name for himself crisscrossing the commonwealth to help candidates up and down the ballot ahead of November’s election.
Last Friday, Deluzio spoke at the Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s State Committee Dinner.
I was able to catch up with him outside of the state Capitol, where we talked about a bunch of issues, one of them being expanding and reforming the US Supreme Court.
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