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Haven’t really hard this talked about.
Time is quickly running out to shield Obamacare customers from explosive sticker shock.
State insurance officials are warning that the longer Congress waits to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which help low- and middle-income people afford premiums, the more difficult it will be to update rates before consumers start shopping for 2026 coverage on Nov. 1.
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It’s ‘too late’ to extend ACA subsidies without major disruptions, some states and lawmakers say
States are worried Congress missed its opportunity to extend enhanced ACA subsidies and lower premiums before consumers start picking plans in a few weeksTime is quickly running out to shield Obamacare customers from explosive sticker shock.
State insurance officials are warning that the longer Congress waits to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which help low- and middle-income people afford premiums, the more difficult it will be to update rates before consumers start shopping for 2026 coverage on Nov. 1.
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It’s ‘too late’ to extend ACA subsidies without major disruptions, some states and lawmakers say
States are worried Congress missed its opportunity to extend enhanced ACA subsidies and lower premiums before consumers start picking plans in a few weeks.
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It has been reported many times over the years that UK basketball is profitable. At one time it was among a handful of college basketball programs that generated a profit. With the current TV contracts and NCAA tourney configuration, there may be more profitable basketball programs than in the past.
Manning rushed 4 times for 34 yards and was 21 of 27 for 166 and 1 TD through the air against OU. Good win.
its funny, but these little twerps piss me off so much.
This illustrates the left so perfectly ... they RAGE about asylum, but WILL NOT offer their communities. Pathetic people.
Speaking of being incoherent, did you get your nap today, Elaine?
Bombing and fear don’t stop elections for people who care about democracy. And, many who could conceivably vote could do so remotely, as they are currently refugees. Iraq had an election after its war with us, even though the voters knew they could be victims of terrorism.
Why are you so zealous in being a Zelensky defender (won’t us the word “apologist” again, because I don’t want to see another silly post about “apologies”).
I would really like to see Trump get outside of his DC and donor bubble and do a Townhall and talk to his base because I believe he has clearly lost touch with them. I think he has turned his back on them quite a bit with plenty of decisions that are not America First at all .
This base does not give a F about Argentina for one. We don't want to be involved in other conflicts. We have people who are hurting in this country but he will attack anyone who doesn't 100% go along and then turn around and endorse Lindsey Graham, buddy up with Bill Gates and Zuck, etc. He seems to be oblivious to how the base feels about the covid jab and how the base outside of boomers feel about Israel.
GOP should not feel confident about midterms or 2028 given how things are right now which would be a disaster for everyone when Democrats get back in office.
This base does not give a F about Argentina for one. We don't want to be involved in other conflicts. We have people who are hurting in this country but he will attack anyone who doesn't 100% go along and then turn around and endorse Lindsey Graham, buddy up with Bill Gates and Zuck, etc. He seems to be oblivious to how the base feels about the covid jab and how the base outside of boomers feel about Israel.
GOP should not feel confident about midterms or 2028 given how things are right now which would be a disaster for everyone when Democrats get back in office.
No one called four runs up the middle in OT. What game were you watching?
Technically, she could be 60 and be a Boomer.
Or Boomer Adjacent, like myself.
i dont' want dims to have this power
And this will continue because no one fears the penalty for insubordination. This asshat should be put in Leavenworth and forced to make big rocks into little rocks for the rest of his life. Hell, put a webcam on him so people can see what happens when you commit treason, sell tickets.
mmmm....next step in homeland preparation for war with the Eastern Alliance, I suppose. Can't say I'm loving the idea. We have already seen that the Dems love them some authority. Things could look very different when they get back into power.
And that is a midterm killer. The backlash on this isn't just going to affect people on the exchange. It will ripple all throughout the insurance industry as they scramble to make up for the loss of those sweet federal dollars. Everyone is going to pay for this.
What a cluster. It's either quit subsidizing the insurance industry with Gov money and hope the market evens back out to pre Obamacare days, or watch people lose their collective minds and vote Dem when they can't afford health insurance anymore. Thanks again Obama.
I voted for Trump and I agree this would be bad optics. The Chrisley pardon is still a head scratcher
Beatle, they had first and goal from the three and I'm pretty sure they tried four times up the middle. I was so effing mad they did not try to go outside.
Beatle, I stand corrected...Looks like they tried to stuff it three times and pass on one. Sorry
There’s plays in there that we would like to look at differently. And again, I would probably start at first-and-goal from the three, and what set we were in, and what we were doing. Play two we tried a good play-action pass and Cutter (Boley) was good. He ad-libbed and got a few yards.” Stoops explained. “They covered it well, the pass play. Play three and play four, I mean, I don’t have regret on that. I don’t. Right or wrong.”
“You watch it on the copy, on the coaches’ copy, we were inches. We were literally two inches from that ball crossing on play three. Inches. His head was across, the ball was probably in his chest.”
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I'm almost to the point of saying, let's keep the illegals and abolish the demorats. I guarantee the illegals would be more appreciative living here.
That fourth down call was asinine. That was a looooong one yard to start with and Dowdell had just failed spectacularly on third down. I mean, could they not see that Dowdell jumps like a prepubescent girl with weight strapped on her ankles? They should have known about that already from practice. Terrible. Just terrible.
I thought the whole purpose of the ACA was to make insurance affordable.
George Slopadopulous tries to get the Walmart CEO trash Trump's economy. He said that Turkey prices were up too.
He got corrected and the CEO said Turkey prices are down 14 bucks since last year and cost the same as they did in 2019.
He got corrected and the CEO said Turkey prices are down 14 bucks since last year and cost the same as they did in 2019.
It absolutely is a killer. They gotta do something to ease the financial burden that Americans are facing. Theyre gonna get smoked. There’s over 25 million people who has these subsidies.
So all of the talk about Ukraine and Israel and ballrooms and all that crap means NOTHING to us at home.
Ive always known Harry was a moron...but holy cow.
I voted for Trump and wouldn’t replace him, but he is off the mark on the price of beef and importing beef from Argentina to try to lower beef prices. Hopefully a smart person in his inner circle can redirect him.
She is a liar, yes, but also a historical figure.
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The Santos pardon as well. Pretty hard to be a law and order POTUS and then do this ****.
Liberals want to import these same people by the millions. They already have in Europe. Conflict is unavoidable.
“For nearly three weeks, Democrats have refused to back any funding bill unless it includes an extension of COVID-era Obamacare premium subsidies set to expire at the end of 2025. Democrats have warned of catastrophic healthcare cost increases if the subsidies expire, and have accused Republicans of trying to “gut the healthcare of everyday Americans.”
However, an analysis by the Paragon Health Institute published Tuesday shows that the expiration of these subsidies accounts for only 3.3% of projected 2026 premiums.
“Expiration of the Biden COVID Credits is not the primary driver of skyrocketing ACA [Affordable Care Act] plan premiums and overall unaffordability, according to the insurers themselves,” the institute wrote. “The real drivers are the same structural flaws that have plagued Obamacare since 2014 and rising health care costs.”
The subsidies, known as premium tax credits, were created under the ACA to help people purchase insurance on public exchanges if they lacked other coverage. Initially, these credits were limited to households earning 100% to 400% of the federal poverty level.
However, former President Joe Biden signed two laws — the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act — that removed the upper-income cap and increased the subsidies to cover a higher share of premiums and, in some cases, reduced certain households’ premiums to zero.
Democrats, who passed the subsidy expansions without a single Republican vote, originally set them to expire at the end of 2025. They are now linking the expected premium hikes to the lapse of those very subsidies and faulting Republicans for letting them expire on the timeline Democrats established.
“In my state, a family paying $238 per month for their health insurance right now, thanks to Republicans, they could pay as much as $1,800 per month next year,” Democratic Washington Sen. Patty Murray said during a Democratic leadership press conference shortly before the shutdown began on Oct. 1.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffriesclaimed Tuesday on X that Republicans are raising Americans’ healthcare premiums by thousands per year.
According to Paragon, the 2025 benchmark premium for a typical ACA enrollee — a 50-year-old earning 200% of the federal poverty level — is $8,326. Premiums are projected to rise 20% in 2026 to $9,991. Of the $1,665 increase, just $333, or 3.3% stems from the expiration of the COVID-era subsidies.
The remaining $1,332 of premium growth is due to factors such as higher medical utilization, inflation, healthcare consolidation and rising specialty drug costs, according to Paragon.
Even if the subsidies expire, taxpayers are still expected to cover over 80% of the typical Obamacare enrollee’s premiums, Paragon noted.”
However, an analysis by the Paragon Health Institute published Tuesday shows that the expiration of these subsidies accounts for only 3.3% of projected 2026 premiums.
“Expiration of the Biden COVID Credits is not the primary driver of skyrocketing ACA [Affordable Care Act] plan premiums and overall unaffordability, according to the insurers themselves,” the institute wrote. “The real drivers are the same structural flaws that have plagued Obamacare since 2014 and rising health care costs.”
The subsidies, known as premium tax credits, were created under the ACA to help people purchase insurance on public exchanges if they lacked other coverage. Initially, these credits were limited to households earning 100% to 400% of the federal poverty level.
However, former President Joe Biden signed two laws — the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act — that removed the upper-income cap and increased the subsidies to cover a higher share of premiums and, in some cases, reduced certain households’ premiums to zero.
Democrats, who passed the subsidy expansions without a single Republican vote, originally set them to expire at the end of 2025. They are now linking the expected premium hikes to the lapse of those very subsidies and faulting Republicans for letting them expire on the timeline Democrats established.
“In my state, a family paying $238 per month for their health insurance right now, thanks to Republicans, they could pay as much as $1,800 per month next year,” Democratic Washington Sen. Patty Murray said during a Democratic leadership press conference shortly before the shutdown began on Oct. 1.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffriesclaimed Tuesday on X that Republicans are raising Americans’ healthcare premiums by thousands per year.
According to Paragon, the 2025 benchmark premium for a typical ACA enrollee — a 50-year-old earning 200% of the federal poverty level — is $8,326. Premiums are projected to rise 20% in 2026 to $9,991. Of the $1,665 increase, just $333, or 3.3% stems from the expiration of the COVID-era subsidies.
The remaining $1,332 of premium growth is due to factors such as higher medical utilization, inflation, healthcare consolidation and rising specialty drug costs, according to Paragon.
Even if the subsidies expire, taxpayers are still expected to cover over 80% of the typical Obamacare enrollee’s premiums, Paragon noted.”