Without the tax credits, people will lose coverage, putting their health and finances at risk, experts say.
Most of Donald Trumpās supporters back keepingĀ enhanced subsidiesĀ for Affordable Care Act plans, the central obstacle in ending the government shutdown, according toĀ a new poll from the nonpartisan health policy research group KFF. It was conducted Sept. 23 through Sept. 29, just days before CongressĀ failed to pass a funding measureĀ to keep the government open.
More than 22 million peopleĀ receive the subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year unless Congress extends them. Losing the subsidies could mean that average out-of-pocket premium payments could double in 2026, from $888 a year to $1,904, anĀ earlier KFF analysisĀ found.
Around 4 million people are projected to go without coverage next year because they can no longer afford it, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Extending them would cost the federal governmentĀ around $350 billionĀ over the next decade.
They hate Obamacare. ACA is great. Keep it going.
It grinds my gears so much that organizations like NPR still refer to it as Obamacare in their reporting. Its a cutesy/cringey nickname at best, and a slur at worst.
When in fact it was a rehashed plan from Nixon.
Well, most of the same orgs will sit there and let some Republican douchebag say āthe Democrat Partyā over and over again with no questions and no corrections on the part of the person doing the interview. The person doing the talking knows full well what they are doing, and so does the org. Itās totally infuriating. The least they could do is just to ask: āYou know the right name for the Democratic Party. You are a powerful person in a highly public position. Why donāt you use the right name?ā
So something like āHillarycareā or āObamacareā is not at all surprisingā¦itās the same way they treat the J6 terrorists. Calling them insurrectionists is being kind. But many orgs bend over backwards and often call them āriotersā. As if it was just a concert that got out of hand, instead of something that was fucking planned.