Actions often have unknown consequences…..
Some actions end up costing those who make them?
Support and Votes…..
Sneaking in Cutting abortion services support in the Trump Bill could cost millions of people increased healthcare insurance rates….
There are worries that this could make GOPer’s happy that want to get rid of Obamacare, even if it jacked up healthcare vailabikty and cost’s across the WHOLE Country…
Remember?
Obama care IS NOW supported by a majority of Americans…
Under the bill, which the House passed recently, certain federal payments to insurers that President Donald Trump canceled during his first term would resume next year, but only if plans refuse to cover abortions, which they are obligated to cover in 12 states and the District of Columbia.
The policy adds to uncertainty over eligibility changes and the looming expiration of ACA enhanced premium subsidies, and could lead to insurance premiums increasing so steeply they could jeopardize the Obamacare market, according to one insurance executive granted anonymity to speak freely on the issue.
“Putting all three of these into 2026 at once is truly putting the market at risk for a death spiral with rates,” the executive said. “We think Republicans have not really calculated this one.”
Insurers in most states have already submitted two sets of rates for the 2026 plan year to account for the uncertainty over whether the subsidies created in 2021 will be extended. But the return of federal payments to insurers for reducing cost-sharing for low-income customers wasn’t on their radar.
“All of these provisions are put in quickly without [thinking about] how they compound on each other,” said Devon Trolley, executive director of Pennsylvania’s Obamacare exchange called Pennie. “We have multiple cost increases between with the tax credits expiring and a provision that increases the amount people pay towards their premiums. We have a series of provisions [in the megabill] making it harder to enroll.”
The biggest insurer trade group, AHIP, also warned that the quick return of cost-sharing reduction (CSRs) payments would “inject immediate instability” into the markets.
“Individuals and families are looking to Congress to help ensure access to affordable, quality health care,” said spokesperson Tina Stow in a statement. “This policy, if coupled with inaction on extending the premium tax credits, will have the opposite effect, and lead to millions of Americans facing steep premium hikes for coverage in 2026.”
Four million people would likely lose insurance if the subsidies go away, according to an estimate from the left-leaning think tank Commonwealth Fund….
Note…
It is NO coincidence that this thing IS aimed at Blue, Abortion supporting states…
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