Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Garrett Hake in Washington, as the clock is ticking down to the start of a new year, which this year also marks a critical deadline for millions of Americans.

As Affordable Care Act subsidies expire when the ball drops at midnight tonight.

Remember, Congress left town this month after failing to come up with a plan to address the expiring ACA tax credits.

And that means as many as 22 million Americans will now see their health insurance premiums skyrocket by an average of 114%,

according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Now, those Americans, including many,

dealing with preexisting conditions or terminal illnesses, must decide whether to pay those

higher premiums, if they can, or to go without health insurance. I've been dealing with cancer for 10 years now, over 10 years now.

I have to see physicians monthly.

I go for infusions at the cancer center.

The cost would be exorbitant without insurance and next to it impossible for most of us.

It was a pretty aggressive cancer, yeah.

And so I think it's just highly

likely that, you know, my outcome wouldn't have been good. Had I not had access to that care,

you know, it would have been really difficult. You know, I would have seriously been contemplating

my own mortality. For one party to have the current plan, which everybody admits is not great,

and the other party saying, well, you know, it's terrible, but not offering a solution.

You know, sitting on the sidelines, you're kind of like, well, what the hell?

Let's figure this out, guys. This is important to everybody.

Despite promising to unveil a new health care plan,

President Trump has remained vague about any solution to address the rising premiums.

20 million Americans are now bracing for their premiums to skyrocket.

Are you going to let this happen?

...