Americans need health insurance they can afford — not an ever-growing federal subsidy to help pay for coverage that remains too expensive.
Democrats are celebrating their midterm victories. And they’re already making plans for their return to power in Congress.
High on their agenda is restoring the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expired last year. Democrats are pitching the proposal as a way to make health insurance more affordable.
But subsidizing expensive coverage isn’t the same as making coverage less expensive. And pouring hundreds of billions more taxpayer dollars into Obamacare would leave many of the problems driving high premiums untouched.
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.
Democrats want to bring back Obamacare’s costly subsidies
Sally C. Pipes
Americans need health insurance they can afford — not an ever-growing federal subsidy to help pay for coverage that remains too expensive.
Democrats are celebrating their midterm victories. And they’re already making plans for their return to power in Congress.
High on their agenda is restoring the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expired last year. Democrats are pitching the proposal as a way to make health insurance more affordable.
But subsidizing expensive coverage isn’t the same as making coverage less expensive. And pouring hundreds of billions more taxpayer dollars into Obamacare would leave many of the problems driving high premiums untouched.
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.