{"id":655,"date":"2026-09-24T19:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T19:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pennsylvanianstogetherinaction.org\/?p=655"},"modified":"2026-09-24T22:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T22:09:10","slug":"national-the-price-is-high-affordability-week-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennsylvanianstogetherinaction.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/national-the-price-is-high-affordability-week-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvanians Together In Action Joins National \u201cThe Price Is High\u201d Affordability Week of Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nSeptember 24, 2026<\/b><\/p>\n

Contact<\/b>: Kirstin Snow, Communications Director, Pennsylvanians Together in Action; <\/span>snow@pennpolicy.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pennsylvanians Together In Action Joins National \u201cThe Price Is High\u201d Affordability Week of Action<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania campaign will feature events in four congressional districts, new \u201cRepublican Receipts\u201d and PATIA\u2019s ongoing health care affordability campaign<\/strong><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

Harrisburg, PA<\/span><\/i>—\u00a0 Yesterday, <\/span>Economic Security Project Action (ESPA)<\/b>, joined by national and state partners across the country, launched <\/span>\u201cThe Price Is High\u201d Affordability Week of Action<\/b>, a coordinated campaign running September 23\u201330 focused on the rising costs of health care, groceries, child care, utilities, gas and other basic needs. <\/span>Pennsylvanians Together In Action (PATIA)<\/b> is joining the national effort with a week of in-person and digital actions focused on four Pennsylvania congressional districts: PA-01, PA-07, PA-08 and PA-10.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Pennsylvania, PATIA\u2019s participation will include four \u201cPA Feels the Squeeze\u201d community events in partnership with <\/span>MomsRising Together<\/b>, district-specific congressional fact sheets and action alerts, a digital campaign, and the release of \u201c<\/span>Republican Receipts<\/span><\/a>\u201d examining the affordability records of <\/span>Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan and Scott Perry<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That affordability crisis is already showing up in Pennsylvania. Enhanced federal premium tax credits expired at the end of 2025 after Congress did not extend them. <\/span>Pennie reports that premiums doubled on average in 2026, and nearly 202,000 Pennsylvanians have canceled Pennie coverage this year. <\/b>Pennie says terminated consumers cited the loss of the enhanced credits and increased premiums as the primary reason for leaving coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the Week of Action, PATIA will connect those health care impacts to the broader squeeze families are experiencing from groceries, child care, utilities and other necessities\u2014and provide Pennsylvanians with information about the records of their members of Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Week of Action builds on PATIA\u2019s ongoing health care affordability and accountability campaign in these four congressional districts, which is focused on the impact federal policy decisions are having on Pennsylvanians\u2019 ability to access and afford health coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPennsylvanians don\u2019t need anyone to tell them that the price is high\u2014they are living it. A paycheck only goes so far when the cost of health care, groceries, child care, utilities and everything else a family needs keeps taking a bigger bite out of it,\u201d said <\/span>Felicity Williams, Executive Director of Pennsylvanians Together In Action<\/b>. \u201cBut families also deserve to know how we got here and what the people elected to represent them have done with the power we gave them. This Week of Action is about connecting those kitchen-table costs to the choices being made in Washington. We\u2019re putting campaign promises next to voting records, and those votes next to what families are experiencing across Pennsylvania. We have the receipts. Now Pennsylvanians can see the record for themselves and make their voices heard.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cPA Feels the Squeeze\u201d Events Across Pennsylvania<\/b><\/h2>\n

As part of the Week of Action, PATIA is partnering with <\/span>MomsRising Together <\/b>for four \u201cPA Feels the Squeeze\u201d lemonade stand events in communities across the four congressional districts. The events will create opportunities for Pennsylvanians to share how rising costs are affecting their families and learn more about federal policy decisions affecting affordability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n