Obamacare’s enhanced subsidies need to expire on schedule at the end of this year. When the smoke clears on the current shutdown, it will be Democrats who pay the political price.
Is it worth shutting down the government to keep billions in federal cash flowing to health insurers? That’s a question Republicans should be asking Democrats every chance they get.
The minority party has brought business in Washington to a halt as part of a wrongheaded strategy to obscure the out-of-control growth in health insurance costs brought on by Obamacare.
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Shut down the enhanced Obamacare subsidies, not the government
Sally C. Pipes
Obamacare’s enhanced subsidies need to expire on schedule at the end of this year. When the smoke clears on the current shutdown, it will be Democrats who pay the political price.
Is it worth shutting down the government to keep billions in federal cash flowing to health insurers? That’s a question Republicans should be asking Democrats every chance they get.
The minority party has brought business in Washington to a halt as part of a wrongheaded strategy to obscure the out-of-control growth in health insurance costs brought on by Obamacare.
Read the 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.