If these subsidies remain in force, insurers will continue to get rich at the expense of ordinary taxpayers—and Obamacare’s dysfunction will continue to reign in the health insurance market.
A group of Republican lawmakers is trying to preserve one of the worst mistakes of former President Biden’s tenure—the enhanced subsidies for health insurance sold through Obamacare’s exchanges.
The subsidies—which were first enacted on an explicitly temporary basis during the pandemic before being renewed in 2022—are set to expire at the end of this year. Democrats have fiercely resisted this eventuality for years.
But now 11 House Republicans have joined them by signing onto legislation that would extend the enhanced subsidies for another 12 months.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.
Republicans Must Stand Their Ground On Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies
Sally C. Pipes
If these subsidies remain in force, insurers will continue to get rich at the expense of ordinary taxpayers—and Obamacare’s dysfunction will continue to reign in the health insurance market.
A group of Republican lawmakers is trying to preserve one of the worst mistakes of former President Biden’s tenure—the enhanced subsidies for health insurance sold through Obamacare’s exchanges.
The subsidies—which were first enacted on an explicitly temporary basis during the pandemic before being renewed in 2022—are set to expire at the end of this year. Democrats have fiercely resisted this eventuality for years.
But now 11 House Republicans have joined them by signing onto legislation that would extend the enhanced subsidies for another 12 months.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.