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Dulcinea

(9,475 posts)
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:34 AM 20 hrs ago

Obamacare tax credits look likely to expire as Trump rules out an extension

(NBC News) WASHINGTON — Inside a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday, Rep. Jen Kiggans, a swing district member who is a linchpin of the party’s narrow majority, stood up and made a plea.

“Doing nothing on health care is not the right answer,” the Virginia Republican later told NBC News, summing up her message to colleagues. “I would really appreciate if we could have a timeline because we know that the end of the calendar year is coming, and I don’t want to see people’s premiums go up. I don’t want to see people lose their health insurance.”
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Republicans are careening to a health care cliff with no solution in hand. An estimated 22 million people in the U.S. are about to see their health insurance premiums soar by, in some cases, thousands of dollars per month, as billions in funding for the Affordable Care Act expires on Dec. 31. The expiring funds, costing about $35 billion per year, were first passed during the pandemic to subsidize insurance payments, capping premiums for a “benchmark” ACA, or “Obamacare,” plan to 8.5% of income.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/obamacare-tax-credits-look-likely-234015035.html

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Obamacare tax credits look likely to expire as Trump rules out an extension (Original Post) Dulcinea 20 hrs ago OP
Slobfather wants the Republicans to lose overwhelmingly next year Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 15 hrs ago #1
some repukes have to learn the hard way. I know one who is on meds for his diskenesia (invol. jerking of head). I wonder CTyankee 14 hrs ago #2

CTyankee

(67,620 posts)
2. some repukes have to learn the hard way. I know one who is on meds for his diskenesia (invol. jerking of head). I wonder
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 03:29 PM
14 hrs ago

if he'll be able to get his meds for it cheaply, or at all. Some people have to suffer to learn and even then, if they're hard core, they won't blame drump. TOO BAD.

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