Experts Weigh in on Fight over Obamacare Premium Tax Credit Extension

Here’s why Americans want ACA tax credits to expire

Even though the pandemic is long over, Democrats — and some Republicans — in Congress want to keep spending like it’s an emergency. Their latest demand? Making the bloated Obamacare subsidy expansion permanent. Congress has been operating as if these costly subsidies are popular. The secret’s out, though; most Americans want them to expire as intended. Covid expansions meant to help the less fortunate are handouts to the already well-off. When C…

Experts weigh in on fight over Obamacare premium tax credit extension

(The Center Square) – With the battle over extending pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies raging in Congress, organizations across the political spectrum are highlighting the political pros and costly cons of making a temporary policy permanent.

'The pandemic's over': GOP, Dem senators spar on camera over costly Obamacare subsidies

Democrat senators block government reopening over Obamacare tax credits expansion, with Republicans citing $30 billion annual cost concerns.

Experts Weigh in on Fight over Obamacare Premium Tax Credit Extension

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the battle over extending pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies raging in Congress, organizations across the political spectrum are highlighting the political pros and costly cons of making a temporary policy permanent. The health care conflict is the cause of the ongoing government shutdown, which has lasted since Oct.1 after Senate Democrats first voted down Republicans’ seven-week funding stopgap. The House-passed…

‘The pandemic’s over’: GOP, Dem senators spar on camera over costly Obamacare subsidies

Several Democrat senators seemed ready to expand COVID-era Obamacare tax credits holding up spending legislation needed to reopen the government — but less willing to grapple with what that would mean for the country’s expenses. ‘I’ll disagree with the framing of deficit increase,’ Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said when asked about the program’s implications for the country’s bottom line. Others, like Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., declined to respon…

‘The pandemic’s over’: GOP, Dem senators spar on camera over costly Obamacare subsidies – Your Capital Minds

Several Democrat senators seemed ready to expand COVID-era Obamacare tax credits holding up spending legislation needed to reopen the government — but less willing to grapple with what that would mean for the country’s expenses. ‘I’ll disagree with the framing of deficit increase,’ Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said when asked about the program’s implications for the country’s bottom line. Others, like Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., declined to respon…