Republicans say the premium assistance — intended to help people be insured during the coronavirus pandemic — are just a Band-Aid for a failure of the Affordable Care Act to rein in the costs of plans. They also say the subsidies were so generous they incentivized fraud, pointing to a CBO estimate that 2.3 million enrollees improperly claimed a subsidy this year.
But 13 House Republicans who face competitive reelection campaigns next year wrote to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Tuesday asking him to consider extending premium assistance.
"Millions of Americans are facing drastic premium increases due to shortsighted Democratic policymaking," they wrote. "While we did not create this crisis, we now have both the responsibility and the opportunity to address it."…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/22/obamacare-aca-enrollment-price-increases/
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