End of Enhanced Subsidies May Reignite Interest in Basic Health Program
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Apr 04, 2025
During his mid-March confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Mehmet Oz, M.D., expressed tentative interest in an idea floated by a Democratic senator: expanding the often-overlooked Basic Health Program (BHP). Health policy experts say that while the program was only implemented by two states, it could get a fresh look now that enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year.
Referring to a conversation that occurred prior to the hearing, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) began, “You and I talked about this concept of bundling up the working population at 150% above the Medicaid rate — as New York has done, as Minnesota has done, as now other states are trying to do — and creating that incentive juxtaposed to the exchange.” She then asked the CMS administrator nominee, who was confirmed on April 3, “Do you believe in that concept?”
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