As ‘Chaotic’ 2026 Rate Filing Looms, Dems Try to Cement Enhanced ACA Subsidies
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Sep 27, 2024
Although the November elections may alter the balance of power in Congress and change which party controls the White House, Democratic lawmakers this week introduced legislation that would advance a key policy priority for Affordable Care Act supporters and health insurers alike: Making enhanced ACA subsidies permanent.
One health policy expert says the timing of the move makes sense, despite the imminent elections.
“It’s good to kind of get the bill on the table and get people talking about the issue,” says Katherine Hempstead, Ph.D., senior policy adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She also tells AIS Health, a division of MMIT, that it’s important to “raise the profile of…how there will be chaotic [rate] filing next year if there’s uncertainty about whether the tax credits are going to be there or not.”
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