US EditionOz: Trump administration weighing ACA subsidies extension
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz supports extending ACA subsidies to prevent premium spikes that could increase uninsured by 4 million, amid rising healthcare cost concerns.
- On Sunday, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz indicated enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies may be extended, but discussions require addressing fraud, waste, and abuse paralyzing the system.
- This month, off-year elections put affordability front and center as consumers of ACA marketplace plans face rising premiums while House Republicans work on a cost package unlikely to extend subsidies.
- The Congressional Budget Office estimated extending ACA subsidies would cost $35 billion per year, and about 4 million more people could be uninsured by 2034 if they expire.
- Dr. Mehmet Oz said the president is laser focused on this, and the White House has floated direct payments replacing tax-credit subsidies; CMS highlighted reinsurance and prescription drug pricing, with Trump's package once cutting premiums by 10%.
- The White House is ramping up a push to overhaul the ACA as Democrats advocate subsidy extensions and advisers warn political costs if insurance bills soar, hitting Republican-leaning states.
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Dr. Oz Says Trump Admin ‘Willing to Look at All Options’ on Health Subsidies
Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said that the Trump administration may look at multiple options for extending health care subsidies that are due to expire soon.
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DailyTruthReportOz says Trump administration weighing extending ACA subsidies
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz confirmed Sunday that the Trump administration is mulling the extension of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. The premium tax credits initially drafted under the Affordable Care Act were enhanced under the Biden administration during the COVID-19 pandemic. These credits were set to expire at the end of this year, nearly 19 months after then-President Joe Biden declared the …
Dr. Oz says 'there are discussions' on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies as Republicans scramble to address soaring healthcare costs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz indicated enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act may be extended after all. In an interview Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, he was asked if there are any conversations about extending them, even on a short-term basis, given that insurance costs will more than double if the new year begins without the subsidies. “There are discussions around extending the subsidi…
Dr. Oz says ‘there are discussions’ on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies as Republicans scramble to address soaring healthcare costs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz indicated enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act may be extended after all. In an interview Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, he was asked if there are any conversations about extending them, even on a short-term…
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