Siobhan Hughes
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WSJ What’s News · Frustrated Republican Centrists Join Democrats to Force ACA Vote · 17 Dec 2025
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House Republicans know that they need to come up with an alternative, a way of showing that they too care about these high premiums.
Their answer, though, has nothing to do with extending federal government subsidies.
It has to do with technicalities involving funding certain cost-sharing reductions that go to low-income people on the exchange plans and also allowing more big groups to come up with their own health insurance.
Democrats don't like these so-called association plans because they don't mandate essential coverage, like for maternity care, for prescription benefits, the way your ACA plan does.
But nonetheless, Republicans have data showing that this would reduce premiums by about 11%.
Siobhan Hughes, thank you for joining us.
Thank you.
If Congress fails to act, the subsidies would revert to pre-pandemic levels, causing premiums to surge.
The Democratic plan would renew expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years.
Under the GOP plan, in lieu of subsidies, the government would put up to $1,500 a year into health savings accounts.
These are the tax-advantaged plans that can be used to cover out-of-pocket costs like copayments or deductibles.
The HSA plans would only be available to people who select either catastrophic coverage or else one of the ACA's bronze plans, which has a high deductible.
Neither bill is expected to pass, but the collapse of those partisan plans could open the door to conversations about a bipartisan deal.
Centrist Democrats and Republicans have been talking for months about renewing the subsidies for two years, but making higher income households ineligible and also requiring all enrollees to pay at least something as a means of deterring fraudulent enrollments.
The subsidies were first enacted in 2021 during the pandemic.
They reduce insurance premiums for about 20 million people.
If Congress fails to act, the subsidies would revert to pre-pandemic levels, causing premiums to surge.
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